<div class="floatleft">(http://oi67.tinypic.com/30rp8i0.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Shizuma Nori (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257738.msg12729551#msg12729551)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Cafeteria<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Flashback - a few days before school starts, a little after 7am<br/><strong>With:</strong>Taro + Open<br/><hr/><br/>Shizuma saw that Taro had been engaged in a struggle with himself but was unsure as to what it was about. She was afraid she'd offended him with her candor, but she didn't have in her to recriminate herself for her honesty. 'We can't be real friends if we're not open with each other,' she thought to herself as she tried to bolster her courage through these moments of silence. Nodding when he finally spoke to her and she leaned towards him as he told her of his discomfort and what is was with. She exhaled long and deeply, releasing the breath she hadn't realized that he wasn't upset with her rather the implications of her powers.<br/><br/>"They don't really watch you, Taro," Shizuma said quickly, then realized that sounded bad.  "The comet somehow made me known to them... and most of the time they listen to me," she added. Then she sighed realizing none of what she's said probably helped him any. "Think of it this way," she said, pointing at one of the security cameras in the room with them. "How often are you creeped out by those? And honestly, how often do you think that the security guards focus their attention on you?" Shizuma looked at Taro hopefully, praying he catches her gist.<br/><br/>Then she frowned a little and said, "I do understand, by the way. My issue has always been with the people I can see that are watching me... like those girls over there," she said nodding at that trio of girls behind her who had been looking at the table Taro and her are at and gossiping. "I could tell by their faces earlier that they were saying nasty things about me," she says in a low, sad tone. "I don't blame them, well I sort of don't... but I know they feel I don't belong here, especially not with a normal boy."