The sound of the Professor's voice startled Ava.  But he startled her even more when he pointed a finger at her.  For a moment, she thought he wanted her down front, which rather terrorized her.  His gruff manner and loud voice made him intimidating, not to mention his smell!  But to her relief, it was someone else he was waiting for, and she couldn't help but give a sigh of relief, even though she sat there nervously wondering if he would be calling up anyone else.<br/><br/>This was nothing like her home schooling back home where everything was orderly and people spoke in normal tones.   And humans would never have pointed at her like that!  Never!  But she was in a different world now with different rules, and as much as she hated the idea, that meant compromise.  Compromise, survive, and go back home.<br/><br/>Ava's first day at school, didn't go as smoothly as she had hoped; and all she wanted to do at that moment was slink out of the classroom, go to her dorm room and hibernate for the rest of the semester.