"Sensei might know some stuff."

"...Maybe..."

"We should keep lists of stuff we wanna ask her about science and stuff."

Oh yeah.

"-What time were we supposed to be back?"

"Uh. Lunch?"

Have they still got time?

Technically it's past noon, but, hey, still arguably a reasonable time for lunch...

Race back to sensei's house?

She's on.

Bellona is quite fast, and reckless enough to take shortcuts like jumping over low fences rather than trying to go around.

El lets her win. Of course.

She can certainly believe that if it makes her feel better.

It does make her feel better.

Oh, good. Wouldn't want El to feel bad about how slow she is.

What was that? She's a little too tall to hear such small voices.

Fortunately they're on a clear part of the path that won't suffer from Bellona tackling El around the middle.

Oof!

"Can you hear me now~?"

"Hear who?"

"The big lion about to eat you!"

"But I don't see any lions. Just a small little kitty."

"RAWR!"

"Oh no, however will I survive such a vicious mauling. If only I'd had any first aid lessons."

"Gotta feed the hungry lion then get first aid lessons," she says, seriously. "Otherwise the hungry lion's gonna eat you before you're done."

"The hungry lion should let me get up, then."

"Sure!"

She jumps to her feet and offers her sister a hand up.