INTRO LOG

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[[Exactly what it says on the tin! This is just an initial log to sort of get things started and is largely freeform, open to (but not limited to):

-Meetings before classes start
-First day business
-Dorm shenanigans meetings
-First classes in progress
-or whatever the heck else you want to do for beginning-of-term things!

There's a CR meme up now for some initial planning if you like, or feel free to just hop in here.]]

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[He blinks and glances up, not quite startled but definitely surprised-- then flashes her a bright, understanding grin.]

I had to try not to, most of mine got finished under the covers when I was supposed to be sleeping. This one made it really hard, though.

[Closer to, it's obvious this copy has been well-loved by its worn spine and faded covers. It's not his first read of it, and it didn't come to him new, either.]

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[The mental response startles her, just a little. She cocks her head at him, not angry or suspicious but confused - he looks friendly, too genuinely friendly to be doing it as a prank. Brow furrowed, she leans in a bit and speaks to him in a hushed tone. He must be trying to hide, right, and that's his way of staying quiet? She could pass for a student with some of the older kids around.]

If you're cutting a class to reread it, I'm afraid you've found a teacher who, while she can understand, won't be understanding. There will still be a detention for that.

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[That makes him blink several times, matching her initial confused expression, before he shakes his head, one hand held up.]

No, no, it's an off-period, I promise-- it's just quieter out here. Too much going on inside.

[And then he adds, as an afterthought:]

You don't have to whisper or anything.

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I assumed we -

[No, wait.]

Is this more comfortable for you? [Telepathy is one of the most complex mutations she's heard of yet, with many different focusses and forms, so she should be asking questions rather than making assumptions.]

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...oh, right, I guess they didn't mention--

[Ryan shakes his head, reaching up to touch his fingers to his throat in a brief little gesture.]

Telepathy kind of turned out to be a mute-tation. [And the benefit of it is that in thought, the way it's spelled can be impressed along with the actual words, making the play on them more clear.]