"What is the best thing you tried?"

"Probably the graham cracker smoothie, I made it thick enough to eat with a spoon and added graham crackers after putting it in a bowl. It had this incredible mix of smooth and crunchy and also sweet and sour."

"Intriguing! I would taste that."

"If I ever find the ingredients I'll try to find you. I can also write down a recipe."

"I will trade you Mum's recipe for Yorkshire puddings."

"Sure, sounds fair." Ribo pulls out a piece of scrap paper and starts writing.

Nia has scrap paper too thanks to Sir Spell the Marvelous! Also Yorkshire puddings have like four ingredients.

Ribo's recipe is a little bit more complicated but not that much more. She hold out her paper. "Here you go."

"And here! We are the most best traders."

"Absolutely, it's important to trade for fun things not just boring essentials."

"Also good for doing efficient trauma bonding so we do not die of lonely."

"Yeah, everyone in here probably needs more friends."

"We could be friends!"

"I'd like that, you're fun."

"Thank you! If I am not fun no one else will be fun for me."

"That makes sense. What classes are you taking? I wonder if we have any together... Other than Mal Studies."

Block EF (T) Intro to Lab
Block EF (Th) Intro to Shop
Block AB (M) Myths, Legends, Zoology: The Effects of Maleficaria on Mundane Natural Science
Block GH (Th) Western European History through 1500
Block I History of Artificing (Section 2)
Block C Language Lab
Block D Introduction to Geometry
Block GH (T) Mathematics in Nature
Block J Intro Incantations
Block K Freshman Composition
Block L Romanticism and Realism in 19th-Century Hispanophone Writing

Ribo shows hers.

Block EF (T) Intro to Lab

Block AB (M) Intro to Shop

Block GH (T) Mechanical Design Fundamentals

Block GH (Th) Western European History through 1500

Block C Asia in the Modern World

Block EF (Th) Language Lab

Block K Formal Logic for Spellcraft

Block L Applied Electromechanics

Block D Calculus for Engineers

Block I Russian Literature Before Pushkin

Block J Poetry & Prosody

"It looks like we have lab and European History together."

"I will see you there!"

"Sounds good, it was wonderful meeting you." She sighs and looks at her book. "I should probably get back to learning Russian though."

"Yes, you must also be a good friend to your Russian. Another time!" And Nia traipses off.

And here is another person, reading the titles on one of the shelves, who smiles and waves slightly when he sees her traipsing in his general direction.

"Hello new person! I'm called Nia."

"Val. Alchemy, you?"

"I think languages, but there is time to decide, freshman schedules are not so different depending."