Most high schools are more or less the same once you get beyond things like which mascot is on the wall and how strict they are with their rules.
Gossip is one of those near-constants. The current rumor spreading around is that there is a real ghost that wanders along a certain stretch of bike path in a state park, some evenings.
"My dad actually hired her once," one girl claims, "She used to be Terrana Hastings, that healer person. How creepy is that?"
This random guy from her science class thinks ghosts are creepy in a cool, edgy way and is happy to show his sister's kitten to one.
Sure. It'll be interesting. If she seems responsive he might ask a couple of questions about magic, think that's okay?
He shows up at the park's entrance at five. With a little basket and a zip-lock bag of tiny globs of meat.
"Mew?" Asks the kitten.
The ghost is in the same spot. She turns to glance at Sadde and kitten guy. "Hello... Do I know you?"
"Yes, I came here to talk to you yesterday. I promised I'd bring you a kitten." She gestures in the vague direction of the boy and the kitten.
"No. But she's cute."
"How'd you know it's a girl?" The guy asks.
"Fur patterns like that are very rare in male felines."
"Huh. Neat."
Ghostly nod.
"I didn't either. I think learned information not attached to my sense of self is more lasting. I remember medical school."
Her friend glances at her nervously. He's a bit more freaked out by the ghost than he bargained for.
"Using one's magic is largely intuitive. Though if you aspire to become a Spirit Bearer, you should practice spear work."
"Why's that?"
"We can each manifest a weapon - a spear is the template. It's extremely damaging to monsters."
"If there's a more fundamental reason than 'it's just how it is,' then it can perhaps be generalized and used to more effectively fight them."
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