“Great to meet you too, Fallon, Iris.” Alex smiled broadly, and gave a bow to each of them in turn, sending Kas falling from his shoulder. The daemon turned into a wisp before hitting the ground, then floated back to perch once more on his shoulder, giving his ear a nudge of annoyance.

[i]You did that on purpose.[/i] Kas spoke telepathically. Alex ignored him, continuing to smile at Fallon as she began walking towards the cafeteria. Alex had learned his first year here that while talking to your Daemons was normal, people still looked at you funny when they couldn’t here the Daemon’s side of the conversaion.

“I’m actually technically a second year, but I came here about three years ago and went to the middle school first.” Alex shrugged slightly embarrassed, wanting to change the topic. He didn’t like talking about why he came before high school.

When they got to the front f the line Alex smiled broadly at the woman and ordered two large americano’s, each with an extra two pumps of espresso, then looked to the new girl, Fallon, “And what do you want?” He asked her smiling, “It’s on me by the way.”