Ranara and her little daughter Azabel move to Urtho's Tower when the latter can say six words ("up", "mama", "milk", "no", "now", and "please") and hasn't started to walk yet. Ranara sets up to teach little children to read, ones who don't have evident Gifts yet - Ranara herself has Mindspeech, is all, with about a classroom's worth of range. Azabel sits in on classes, worn on her mother's back or later plopped in a corner with toys or, when she's only four, plopped in a corner with a book, younger than the other kids in the class. When Azabel has in fact sat through her mother's curriculum she is turned somewhat loose, to walk very carefully up and down and around the Tower, exploring.
There aren't any conveniently ambient hertasi who are clearly assigned to this role, but one of the gardeners would be happy to direct her to the right office!
And once she is in the office: "Hello! I went on a trip to Predain with a friend and one of his relatives turns out to be awakening as a Mindspeaker. What do I need to do to get her properly enrolled? She wants to share her relative's room at least to start."
"Name and age?" the hertasi at the desk asks, still mostly looking at the book she was reading.
"Aala and I'm not sure, one sec -" :Aala, how old are you? - also is your first name Kiyamvir like Ma'ar or is it different for whatever reason? Just think back at me, kind of push what you want to say toward me:
:Thanks!: "Kiyamtat Aala," she clarifies. "And she's twelve. - that's in winters so it's possible she's thirteen, if it's important to be very precise I can ask what season she was born in."
"No, no, that is perfect." The hertasi's pen scratches. "Sharing a room with - who is her relative?"
"Kiyamvir Ma'ar. I know it's irregular to have boys and girls together, that and he has a single, but she was pretty scared to come..."
"- Well, what is his relation to her? A different name so one assumes not a sibling - a cousin...?"
"No, no, knowing that she is a close relative is plenty - one moment, let me look him up..." A filing cabinet is riffled through. "Yes, I see, single room - do they want a bunk bed brought in -?"
"...basically nothing. She doesn't speak Tantaran either but she's a Mindspeaker, or, well, awakening as one, so I figured she'd get by."
"Ah, very good." Some more notes are taken down. "Any other special requests to convey?"
"Oh, she will not need to pay for classes, or for room and board - it sounds like her parents are not in a position to afford that, yes? There is a fund for all students in such a position."
"Just making sure since we collected her pretty spontaneously. Is that all you need to know?"
"I think so! For now, at least - we'll send someone by with her schedule, and to get her fitted for school uniforms, we can cover anything else then."
The next morning, Ma'ar Mindspeaks her and confirms that Aala has a class schedule for when the session starts next week, and he's taking her to get fitted for uniforms tomorrow, and she seems to have already started making friends with another girl her age they ran into at the dining hall, who also speaks the Predain language? Ma'ar is pretty impressed, honestly.
:I'm glad she's settling in well! When would be a good time for me to drop by and help teach her to read?:
:Want to come by tonight? I'm taking her on a walk around the Tower grounds this afternoon so she knows how to find things, but we'll be back before dinner: