Boli had made an effort to speak but didn't have time before the man had made himself scarce. Whether he'd been invited or not, the mountain was too intrigued to simply let this one slip away so quickly. His eyes watched carefully as Rune walked away, tracing over his movements with undivided attention. He stood and followed, stoic, silent, and trance-like as he stepped back into the building. He moved in a straight path, the people all about didn't dare to impede him for fear of being bulldozed. The dimly lit classroom held an air of antiquity to it as the magelight and smoke colored the room with the cool glow of forest long gone. Something in the professor's mind stirred, filling him with a sort of uncomplex nostalgia; happiness at the memories without bitterness at the passage of time. The rows of desks turned to tall trees and the steps turned to a pebble covered slope in his mind. He let out a sigh at the phantom sight before letting it fade.<br/><br/>"Things have changed..." he stated with a frank chuckle. He looked at the man who had gone to recover his materials, looking him over once more before smiling broadly.<br/>"You are old," he sounded almost surprised "Older than I ever would have guessed," he said as he meandered through the room. He swiped a hand over a wooden desk. It groaned in response to his touch, as if it had once dismayed it's new state but was now resigned. He paused, simply staring down at the desk for a long time before suddenly refocusing on the man and his books. He walked wordlessly toward him and looked over his shoulder at his papers and books. A contemplative hum reverberated in his chest as he looked over the texts.<br/><br/>"Romantic... period..." he let out a small amused noise before looking down at Rune "I see humans have changed as well," he was quiet for a while once more.<br/><br/>"So," he said in a low voice "What do you think of this new world?"<br/>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #80FFFF">"So, Lee..."</span><br/><span style="color: #FF4000">"We know it's only been one day, and not even a full one yet."</span><br/><span style="color: #80FFFF">"But if you don't loosen up, you'll never get anywhere here."</span> <br/><span style="color: #FF4000">"It'd be a shame if, when things come to it, sides are against you."</span><br/> <span style="color: #80FFFF">"We'd help, but...well, we can tell you don't like us."</span><br/> <span style="color: #FF4000">"So I guess becoming what people call 'friends'...is out of the question."</span> </span><br/>"Naw, I don't hate your fuckin' guts" Lee quickly interjected with a false half-hearted reassuring tone.<br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"Just be careful." The twins spoke in unison in their usual coldness<br/> <span style="color: #FF4000">"Under a falling sky. Hopeless, there's nowhere to hide."</span><br/> <span style="color: #80FFFF">"The terror is real this time. Under a falling sky."</span> <br/><span style="color: #FF4000">"My fate it rains, it rains like cinders."</span> <span style="color: #80FFFF"><br/>"The cadent drums, the war it comes."</span> <br/>"Growing thunder, terror, wonder." </span><br/><br/>Lee laughed so hard he almost choked on a mouthful of rice. It was a choked raspy laugh, as if he couldn't manage to get enough air into his lungs to make noise. Regardless, the intensity of his amusement was obvious. He knocked himself hard in the chest to keep from suffocating before clearing his throat. His laughter died after a minute or so, a few chuckles and throat clears lingering as he recollected himself.<br/><br/>"Oh you just made my day, kid," he sipped his drink to compose himself but started to chuckle again "ughh, that was some 'The Shining' shit you just pulled," he began to scoop at his food again once he was assured he wasn't going to have any more problems. He took another bite of chicken before looking at the two with a plain smile.<br/><br/>"That prophecy stuff is good and well, but you might wanna take it somewhere useful; my kin give know-it-alls and fortune tellers a hard time," he off loaded some of the fries on his plate onto the demon's tray as his stomach started to tell his eyes off for their poor decisions. He gripped his drink in his hand and smiled at the twins before leaning in to the table and looking the two of them down.<br/><br/>"but, y'know what? I can tell you something I know about you, " he said in a conspiratorial tone "As much as you don't want to want to admit it, you liked seeing that little furball hop around like Wild Mike."  he sat back and spoke up "It amused you, so what's the harm eh?" he said just as the fight became much louder... and brighter. A bright flash followed by flames separated the two combatants as the kid with the smart mouth fell from the sky and whipped his head about like the world's most effeminate attack dog. Lee turned around in his seat to watch, leaning against the table and sipping his drink casually as the commotion died down and the boy approached him with a death glare in his eyes.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"Of course. You again." </span>he started<br/><br/>"Wassup, Melanie Martinez," he remarked nonchalantly. The boy slapped down a slip before snatching a fry from his tray and mumbling<span style="font-weight: bold">"prefect tax" </span>in a haughty tone.<br/><br/>"If you wanted some alone time you coulda just asked me, baby!" he rose his voice with mock affection before grinning at the boy as he left. Lee turned back to the table to see that the slip of paper had been singed at it's edges. Lee put his hand on the demon's shoulder and gave him a small shake "easy there, buddy, that was really close to my shirt," he said before gripping at an unblackened edge of the yellow slip of paper. He smirked before slipping it into his pocket.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">“How is yours?”</span>the demon asked about his food. He had refocused on a poorly cooked piece of steak, taking ravenous bites gleefully as Lee watched in mix of disgust and awe.<br/><br/>"I uhh- think I'm all done," Lee said as he pushed his tray away and grabbed his bag "I got a date I can't be late for," he said slipping the paper from his pocket and presenting it to them for a moment before standing.<br/><br/>"Fill me in tonight," he said before slinging his bag over his shoulder, giving a half-hearted salute and walking off.<br/><br/>"<span style="font-style: italic">It's about time me and two-tone had a little chat</span>" he thought as he walked out of the cafeteria.