Matt has apparently chosen not to attend.

"Trust me, I will."

She'll sit with Combat Friend and Danny today.

They're happy to have her.

Danny complains about how Allison should learn web design instead of asking him to make her things.

Allison insists that archery and fencing are her main interests and anything else takes away precious time from those.

"I have to come down on the side of archery and fencing here," says Solvei. "Besides, specialization is a noble art."

Combat Friend giggles.

Hacker Friend pouts.

Lunch draws to a close, as it unfortunately must, and edification of young minds continues.

Perhaps this time she'll come out ahead in chemistry!

It seems she will.

Lydia looks a bit stressed out today.

Boyd continues to make good time.

"You do good work," he says, when they finish up before the rest of the class.

"Thanks," she says, pleased. "You too."

"It's nice to have someone to work with, instead of having to do the experiments myself."

No more chemistry.

Hacker Friend is in history, talking to Combat Friend. They saved her a seat.

She sits in it.

"Hi guys."

"Hey! Ready to learn about long-dead kings and not anything actually useful?"

"There's a surprising amount of use to be had out of long-dead kings, I think!"

"History can inform our understanding of the modern world and how it came to be. Also, a lot of long-dead monarchs have really interesting stories, especially the women."

"Exactly. You get me."

Danny harrumphs vaguely affectionately.

Vaguely.

And after a discussion on France's three estates, Allison and Solvei head outside.

"So how do you like the town so far? Not just the school, I mean. You're living in the old Hale house, right?"

"Yeah. It's a nice house, however questionable the associations. And the town's good too. Cozy."

"Cozy, claustrophobic...what do you know about local history?"

"Enlighten me."

They arrive at the same spot as yesterday.

The targets are still there, waiting patiently to be shot at.