<strong>Thursday</strong><br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Cafeteria<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Namira<br/><br/>As Namira came up, surprise caught Billy's features, and he struggled to fight through natural shyness.  He listened to every word she said, but when his mouth opened to reply, words failed to come out.  He knew what he wanted to say, but couldn't figure out how to make it sound decent.<br/><br/>At such a loss, he pulled out his phone, bringing up a video of the Hacktastica game.  Part of him winced with the expectation to be laughed at or mocked, or that she wouldn't be interested, but he fought through it to at least show her this part.<br/><br/>In the video, an old man was talking to a beautiful elven woman.  Both were made of obvious polygons, their faces never moved, and the voice acting was awful.<br/><br/>"You want me to be the Light of Anar?" she asked with incredulity.  "I'm not worthy.  I'm a courtesan, an assassin."<br/><br/>The old man waved a hand.  "That's who you were, not who you are.  Do you think the Light seeks lily white hearts that have never tasted darkness?  Do you think even the Empress doesn't have her own personal faults?"<br/><br/>"No, I'm an awful person," she insisted.  "I fail at every turn.  I still make mistakes."<br/><br/>"You swim in the darkness and yet the light of your own heart continues to show you the way.  If you weren't worthy, it wouldn't matter to you that you made mistakes.  Your heart would simply sink into the muck, and you'd be forever lost."<br/><br/>The camera zoomed in on the elf, but without facial expressions, it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.<br/><br/>"I knew the money wasn't really important to you when you dropped the bag to save that orphan.  When the chips are down, when temptation truly shows itself but you need to do the right thing, you will.  That's all anyone can strive for.  A lot of people think they're good but have never really been tested against their own personal weakness.  You have.  It pains you when you fail, and you always strive to do better."<br/><br/>The movie ended with her picking up a sword and having it glow with power.<br/><br/>By the time it ended, Billy offered, "I don't really know if I'd have time anyway for a date.  These classes are hard.  It was a silly thing with Hitomi and we joke about it now.  But I don't think you're a bad person."