<div align="center"><strong>~Claudia in the dining hall~</strong></div><br/>Her head throbbed slightly at Desiree's shouting as annoyance came on her face. Quite the noisy dinner tonight. First aid in the dining hall near the food wasn't the best of places for such actions since it was completely unsanitary. Her appetite diminished completely. Claudia gave Jarod a friendly smile before scooping up a dab of ice cream on her spoon, playing with it. "Apology accepted. Let's just have a normal dinner for now. My head is beginning to pound from all this unnecessary noise."<br/><br/>She barely nodded her head at the girl from earlier as she sat next to her and introduced herself. The bubbly tone of voice didn't sound the less bit real since Claudia was a master of deception. It took more than a pretty face to distract her from the reality of a situation. A smirk came on her face at the girl's comments before replying sweetly, "It's only amusing when you're the one watching and not on the receiving end though some people proclaim to become excited by watching such things." Her words could have been applied to various settings, but Claudia didn't elaborate. Angelica's constant staring began to annoy her so she turned her attention on the girl, inspecting her swiftly with her eyes.<br/><br/>Without another word, she rose up gracefully from her seat, and moved over to where Jarod was sitting. She sat down next to him, not crowding his space, before gently touching his shoulder. "Thank you for restoring some form of order over dinner. It would be a shame for the reputation of the academy to be destroyed by senseless acts of violence."<br/>