Taking Rila's hand, she shook it firmly with a smile. Her father had told her that a good impression starts with a firm handshake, which she had perfected over the years. Emily became concerned when the girl seemed so unhappy, wondering if she had done the handshake incorrectly. She dismissed such silly thoughts. "That's a good idea, this place is so big, it's going to take me a while to get used to it," she replied, impressed by Rila. "Well, all the core stuff and then stuff like; mental training, witchcraft and power control. How about you?" The core subjects handled all the necessities; from humanities to science, however the school also covered fitting into human communities and so on in their core topics. Any additional subjects were tailored to the students abilities; as a telekinetic Emily chose her classes according to her power.<br/><br/>Alixan's note taking quickly became doodling as the class progress. He had heard much of what had been said from his mother and sisters. His older sisters had come and gone to this school, passing their knowledge to him during their visits home. For a brief moment he looked around the class, he glimpsed at an older boy who fidgeted with his pencil. The tapping became annoying very quickly. However he felt sorry for the boy, he obviously was very nervous.