Erika knows the route to school pretty well. She walks it every day, after all. She could do it almost in her sleep, which means it's a good opportunity to get lost in her own thoughts for a while. Something new and unexpected she needs to pay attention to almost never shows up.
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She'll ask a couple light questions about school, then, and what Ami does outside of it.
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A lot of cram school, lately – she wants to be a doctor, like her mother. She used to do track and field club, though, and she's thinking of cutting back on the studying so she can pick that back up...
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"It's good to diversify your interests, and to pace yourself so you don't burn out," she comments. "Which was a hard lesson for me to learn, at your age."
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Thanks.
(Conversation kind of peters off a bit after – she thanks Erika's mother for the meal, mentions she'll need to get home after dinner.)