Niariel blushed and turned her head away from Katsumi but hugged the girl closer at the same time.<br/>"I don't know what it would be like to have no family. I think what I'm feeling now would be pretty close to it."<br/><br/>It was then that Niariel picked up Katsumi and held her at arms length. She had realised she hadn't even taken a good look at the girl she was supposed to be making friends with. After a short while, she put Katsumi back in her lap and returned to the embrace they were holding a few seconds before.<br/>"I didn't notice you had a tail." Niariel ran a hand down Katsumi's fluffy tail as she spoke. "But I don't know how you manage to keep your hair under control at that length."<br/><br/><br/>Akzariel had returned to the school grounds before the forest had been incinerated by Erisa. He was now in the library, contemplating the best way to get books off the shelf without crushing himself. He was still fuming at the recent events.<br/>"Stupid Valarinth, needing to be rescued. Thinking I can't look after myself. Stupid whatever her name is fire girl, making me waste all my energy for nothing." He muttered under his breath as he searched.<br/><br/>Eventually, he found a book he was looking for. From the title, he gathered it was about lightning, so he pulled it off the shelf. The large tome hit the floor with a bang. Akzariel dragged it across the floor, into a corner where no one would see him if they weren't looking for him and opened it. He took his eyes off the page only to yawn occasionally. He was still grumbling about the world around him.