"Small things...  My mana is weak enough that I can barely even cast an offensive spell."  Synna shrugged again, this time more of a throwaway gesture than anything.  "I'm here to improve...  Maybe someday be good enough to fight in the arena."  It wasn't the full truth of her story but it was as much as she cared to tell in this case.  This guy was acting oddly and she wasn't sure she trusted him yet...  Then again she'd told Aoi a lot that she hadn't told to anyone before coming here but that was different in some way, she wasn't quite sure how but it was.  Another thought occured to her and she called up ahead.  "Shouldn't we be onwards to the ceremony soon?"  She wasn't sure how long it had been but it couldn't be much time left by now.<br/><br/>Suddenly Synna realized that one of the students around them was repeating, a girl was circling them nonchalantly and Synna found herself almost instinctively reaching for a knife that she had left at the bottom of her bag rather than strapping it to her arm as she normally would.  She remembered Aoi's comment about assassination attempts before realizing that the girl was focused more on her and Mickey than Aoi and Felix.<i>What does she want...</i>The Radkite thought to herself, careful not to make eye contact and alert the watcher that she had been spotted.<i>Why is she looking at us like that?</i>