Rex looked at her from the side, and she turned her gaze to the classroom door, appearing like someone who had said something that had slipped away from her.
He wrote down the desire levels for both of them: forty-four and fifty-two, respectively. This helped him feel like the operational timeline was starting to take shape.
He also saw that Kaelira's usual seat in Apollo's formation was empty, and he let himself feel a little satisfaction about how things had turned out that way before putting it away and turning his attention back to the room.
Elizabeth Von Starlight walked in exactly when she always did, three minutes before class was supposed to start. She had a folder in her hand that she put on the lectern in a certain way so she could find it again later.
She looked around the room, quickly counted the people who were there, and got started.
"Before I get into this morning's lesson, I have an announcement about your assessment schedule for the next week," she said.
