Didi stared at the open textbook on her desk without reading a single word.
The instructor was lecturing about mana circulation theory at the front of the classroom, drawing elaborate diagrams on the blackboard while the other students scribbled notes.
She should have been paying attention since this was one of her weaker subjects, but her mind had been somewhere else entirely since she sat down this morning.
'His exam is today,' she thought, her fingers tapping lightly against the edge of the textbook. 'Right now, he's probably already at the guild.'
She pictured him walking through those big double doors with that relaxed posture of his, hands shoved into his pockets like he was strolling into a tavern instead of a life-altering examination.
