"Sorry. I'll ask around."

They proceed to econ. Today it covers determinants of demand.

Fascinating.

Solvei absorbs adequate economic education and is a little more subdued than usual.

And after class, Matt stops her before she scampers off.

"I'll make sure to ask around. Try to enjoy music class, you're beautiful on the cello."

She smiles, pleased by the compliment. "Aww, thanks. I'll do my best."

Music happens.

Look, it's lunchtime already.

And there's Lydia, sitting by herself.

She was worried over nothing, silly girl.

Everything's fine here.

This is a relief. Solvei is relieved.

She's welcome to sit wherever she wants, of course.

They've been very welcoming.

How's Paranoid Friend doing?

Paranoid Friend doesn't look fully recovered, but Cooking Friend is drawing him out.

And it doesn't look like Solvei could contribute much to that situation.

So she decides to sit with Matt, the better to say: "Hey, thanks for helping, even though it turned out to be a false alarm."

"I'm not surprised it turned out to be nothing with her. Lydia Martin is smart, but she can be a bit...shallow. Doesn't think too deeply about other people. I don't know her that well, so it's not my place to judge- I'm just not surprised."

"Well, in fairness to her, I'm sure she had no reason to expect me in particular to worry about her, I don't think we've exchanged more than five words since I got here. So I won't blame her for that."

"Do you blame people for anything, generally? I'd be surprised if you had any flaws. Then again, I've only known you a few days. Maybe you'll keep surprising me."

"I've been known to lay blame occasionally, but where possible I prefer to understand where people are coming from and avoid judging them. It seems to lead to better results."

"I'd call you wise, but I don't know how well it works in practice. I have time to find out, though."

"I'm only sixteen, I don't know everything. Yet. But the theory seems to be sound."

Soon, it's once again time for chemistry. 

And Solvei's nascent archrival is present and all is right with the world, yes?

Of course!

Lydia finishes first, but Solvei and Boyd aren't so much behind schedule as slower to drop their results on the teacher's desk.  

Her partner barely seems disappointed.

Acceptable.

Combat Friend and Hacker Friend await her in history!

It's nice to have such a wide variety of friends.

Unfortunately, history does not seem to cover a wide variety of subjects here. 

More French monarchs, something something Bastille. 

At least she has archery lessons next, right?