"Same. Not blowing off that dumb reception thing is definitely one of the two best decisions in my life."

"What was the other?" Ellie asks curiously.

"Picking up my bracelet, of course." She shakes the wrist with the tiger charm bracelet demonstratively.

"I should have guessed."

"It's really hard to beat magic."

"Yep."

She laughs, then yawns midway through.

"Does that mean I don't get a ride back?"

"I can still give you a ride, but I'm now tempted to declare sleep my true archnemesis."

"Without sleep, there'd be so much more time in the day. I would support that decision."

"It should be something magic can do, I'd bet."

"It should be something like switching forms healing you, I'd think."

"It's probably a bit more complicated, but, yeah, I bet it's in that class. Probably also complicated by how my human body still has neurotransmitters and gets stuff like adrenaline crashes. Maybe I could figure out a circadian rhythm hack."

"Oh that's right, you're pre-med."

"Puts me in a good position to defeat the sleepy menace."

"And then get kicked out by angry bioethicists and then hold the moon hostage unless the government defunds them all in revenge."

"Precisely!"

"Sounds like a good plan to me."

"An excellent plan, without flaw or possibility of error."

"Shall we go back now?"

"Sure." She en-tigers, getting up and stretching. "I've got some paper at my place, too - we should trade emails and phone numbers and stuff."

"Good idea."

Tiger ride!

Zoom!

Riding a flying tiger is rather different from flying herself. Fortunately, Ruby seems aware she shouldn't do barrel rolls with a passenger.

Ruby opens her room window with magic, hovering outside of it so Ellie can climb in.

She's kind of disappointed to do so. Ruby is delightfully soft when she's not made of fire.

She is the softest.

Though she's a human when she climbs in, heading over to her desk to scribble down her email and phone.

"Which dorm are you in, by the way? Asking for surprise tiger friend related reasons."