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[cardinalrule]

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[cardinalrule]

I never overdo it. I know my limits.

[He will. He absolutely will.]

I suppose it isn't surprising that those kinds of bees aren't here. The ones here sound a lot more peaceful?

[fiddlestick]

Haha, alright. Well in that case, I have one more assignment. I'd like you to listen to a song, any song of your choosing as long as it's a song that I can get ahold of a recording of, and write a page paper about how it makes you feel.

[Because oh yes kiddo, he's picked up on your lack of emotional connection in the music]

As long as you leave them alone they are! Bee stings still hurt though, and some people are allergic to them.

[cardinalrule]

[That. What. What kind of assignment is that?

He very nearly almost asks that, but Elliot is the teacher and he can't exactly question him here, so....]

Okay. I can do that.

[He has no idea where to start, but he'll figure this out.]

I see. They don't sound so bad.

[fiddlestick]

Great! Can't wait to see what you write!

[It's for your own emotional development Hunter. Not that he'll say that outloud.]

Haha, they're really not. And the honey's always tasty.

[cardinalrule]

I won't disappoint you.

[He has no idea what he's doing but failure is not an option.]

It can't be that different from fire bee honey. I can probably eat it.

[He should at least try.... Titan knows it'd be nice having a nicer variety of food to be able to eat, instead of relying so heavily on what he can get from Undertown.]

[fiddlestick]

I know you won't!

[Fake it till you make it]

Would you like to bring you a bottle? I usually have some extra around.

[Is this his discrete way to check on this kid's living situation? It sure as heck is]

[cardinalrule]

[Well, it probably can't hurt to try. Human realm bees sound similar enough to demon realm ones, so the honey is probably edible....]

Alright, fine. If you've got extra.

[fiddlestick]

Yep, I do! I usually keep some on hand.

[This a half truth. He does have some, but he's definitely buying a new bottle for the kid. But shh he doesn't need to know that]

If the address on your student records are correct, I should be in your neck of the woods tomorrow. I can swing it by then.

[cardinalrule]

That's lucky.

[He isn't going to think anything of it.]

It should be. It's the Zodiac apartments.

[fiddlestick]

[Lucky for Elliot. He's not good at lying under pressure]

Oh right, they're housing all you guys in the same place. Are they nice apartments?

[He's sure it's hard to do worse than his crappy studio apartment but man you never know]

[cardinalrule]

They're fine, I guess. I don't have a barometer for what constitutes nice human accommodations.

[In fact, he's really only familiar with his room at the castle, and that was a damn castle.]

[fiddlestick]

Good point, hold on.

[There's a pause before he sends a photo]



That's a photo of my place. This is the bar for "livable".

[The bar is in hell, apparently]

[cardinalrule]

[That's... oh, wow. That's something.]

I'm living somewhere better than that.

[It's a very basic studio, but at least the bed isn't in the kitchen.]

[fiddlestick]

Thank goodness.

[Zodiac isn't screwing the isekais over completely!! That's good!!]

[cardinalrule]

Humans are really alright with teachers living in those kinds of conditions? Maybe you should work for Zodiac instead.

[fiddlestick]

Haha, to be fair I think my colleagues live in nicer places. I'm still finishing college so a lot of my money is going to tuition fees. But that'll be over with soon!

[And then maybe he can dream big and get a place with a whole separate room!]

Besides if I went to work for Zodiac, I couldn't be your teacher anymore.

[cardinalrule]

[.... Oh.]

I suppose that's a good point.

[He likes having Elliot as a teacher.]

Still, this seems ridiculous to me. The Emperor's Coven provides room and board to all of its members.

[fiddlestick]

Yeah, there's jobs in the human realm that do that too.

[Elliot sure heard at great length all the things the military would cover, thanks dad]

It'd be nice if teachers got paid more, but don't worry about me. I'm living the life that I choose for myself. And if the price of that is living in a crappy apartment for a couple years, that's not so bad!

[cardinalrule]

[He'd like to ask why Elliot didn't get one of those jobs, but then again, it would mean he wouldn't be his teacher. And even though he doesn't have a particularly strong feelings towards music, he likes having Elliot as his teacher.

He's ruminating on all of this for a few moments.]

Why did you become a teacher?

[fiddlestick]

[A pause, as he considers what to say. Ultimately, he goes with the truth]

My mom was a piano teacher. A really great one. I guess I wanted to follow in her footsteps.

[cardinalrule]

Oh. That makes sense.

[Of course someone would want to follow in a parent's footsteps.]

I you must have respected her a lot.

[fiddlestick]

Yeah, I did. She was the one who started my love of music. And she was very strong minded as well.

I bet she would've liked you a lot.

[cardinalrule]

Really? Why do you think that?

[fiddlestick]

She always liked people with a strong work ethic. It's why she married my dad even though they came from very different circles.

Which your work ethic could give most people a run for their money.

[cardinalrule]

I don't think it's that remarkable. I've always worked this hard.

If that was your mother, what's your father like?