Donta was one to keep as few friends as possible. The more friends he had, the bigger chance that his secret would get out. He heard the teacher say there was another new student in the class, and the panther across the room lazily waved, but he didn't take interest. As history class wound to a close, he noticed she was silently chatting to the wolf and glancing in his direction from time to time.

A quiet beep made him jump and he looked down to see a chat window appear on his desk. As far as he knew, the system didn't have a chat program. One would make it far too easy to cheat on tests. This was a hack job and he knew who it was because Eryial was staring at him from across the room.

"Want to hook up after class?" she asked, "Farkas has agreed to show us around." Donta glanced in her direction and lazily rested his head on a paw.

"I'll have to. I don't have a map." He responded. She glanced at her desk and nodded at him with a smile as the bell chimed.

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