eddieddi said
"Apperances? Pshht, he sounds like a right old fuddy duddy." Alexander said and grinned. "You'll find out in class, I'd like to keep it quiet till I can really shock people. And yourself?" He asked still smiling, bouncing along. The only two pockets he had were on the inside of his light battle plate, the objects on the outside were his backpack and the massive tome strapped to one hip and the large blade on the other.
Andrea smirked widely at her peer. She liked this guy. He wasn't as boring as she expected most people to be.
"Even a mother couldn't love a little thief like me," Andrea responded to his question.
One of the teachers called out and summoned the arriving students to the steps.
Andrea held her arm out, expecting him to loop his arm through hers and guide her towards the steps.
"My name's Andrea," she told him. "Who might you be?"