Kate saw that she had obviously confused the girl and took a breath to clear her own thoughts.
"Ren seems to like you guys." she said, "I can tell. It's the same look he gave his other friends back in school. He had lived with his secret his entire life and is very wary of who he makes his friends. Even if he doesn't live with the secret that he's a hybrid anymore, he still seems like he's used to being cautious about trusting people." she paused for a moment, glancing at Osiph, "It's been all over the net because that bastard Cody exploited him because he hates Ferals and thought he was one."

"Everyone on the Stalker team should know it's Donta by now." Osiph said, "I believe Seth is in charge of keeping this secret." Osiph said, "I also detect several conversations around us with this same topic at it's center. Even the net is beginning to show signs of gossip that he has been spotted here." She paused for a moment then smiled, "And no he doesn't race. Not that we know of." It seemed like she had recorded Kisa's confused ramblings and tried to address anything Kate had left out, which was majority of it.

With lunch now over, Ren was feeling a little stiff, yet his schedule dragged him towards the lecture hall on the same level as the mess hall. He stepped inside after straightening his uniform, finding Seth standing behind the large desk. Ren looked around as he walked inside, the room resembling a theater.

"Ah, you made it." he said, "Feeling better?"
"Yeah, just had lunch with Kate and her friends." he said. Seth's brow twitched.
"How was it?" he asked nervously.
"She's really nice. Her mermaid is really polite too. It was slightly awkward." he said, "She seemed familiar somehow though."
"Really?" Seth asked, "Well, that can happen sometimes."
"I suppose."
"Anyway, let's begin." he said activating the massive screen. On it appeared the schematics for the standard TAM. He turned to the class while Ren took a seat at the side of the desk and looked up to the class of two hundred.

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