"Sorry, I don't mean—" She shakes her head. "I wasn't expecting a murder when I came to school this morning."

"It's- not the kind of thing we want to expect. We haven't had the best couple of months." 

"And I'm really worried for Isaac. What if something happened to him too?"

"We're hoping he'll come into school like usual, and then we'll bring him in for questioning in a few days, after he's had time to recover. I can't spare the forces to wait all day, but at least until first period, we'll be out here." 

There's a murmuring among the crowd, and Isaac makes his way through.

"Hey. Sorry I'm late...I wasn't expecting the escort." 

Well Solvei will just be. Standing over here in an unobtrusive yet awkward fashion.

Isaac will have a quiet chat with the sheriff.

The bell rings. 

Time to be institutionally educated?

Indeed. As usual, Solvei has math.

And here's her good friend Stiles.

Kind of tough to concentrate on math right now.

Once she's done paying attention to math, she has English.

Is Literature Enemy around?

He is!

He mostly looks bored.

So does her usual ally. 

He doesn't greet her.

That's unusual. Is Matt okay?

He seems fine. Just bored.

Neither of them are paying much attention to the lesson. 

Well. Solvei... doesn't feel like getting into a Class Discussion today.

The teacher will merely look disappointed.

And then she has more class, how delightful.

Matt elects to talk her in this one.

"Hey. You heard the news?"

"Yeah," she says, subdued.

"He was the swim coach," he contributes inanely.

"I never even met him."

He nods.

"I barely knew him. I think the only people who really did were his team." 

"I was worried about Isaac when I heard. I'm glad he's okay. Okay enough to come to class, at least."