Lancer looked up as he heard someone mention treats. Was HoneyLuv trying to mooch? He told the little Mucnhlax to stay put. His worry and concern melted off his face into a soft smile when he saw Sassy with her head on another boy’s lap. Lancer was willing to bet that the Furfrou hadn’t even asked permission before just slipping into the stranger’s personal space. Well, Lancer trusted her instincts and judgement. They had very rarely led the Cerisier family wrong after all. The young adult probably needed a friend, and he wasn’t that bad looking. Lancer could follow Sassy’s lead once again.
Lancer smiled as he called out,
“Oh no! Sassy’s not looking for treats. She’s an older Pokémon and on a special diet and she’s smart enough to know that it’s for her own good. She’s really just looking for attention. She likes ear scratches and butt scratches. She also understands consent a lot better than some humans. If Sassy is bothering you, just let her know. She’ll leave you alone.” He moved away from the sink to sit down,
“Honey, stop eating all the snacks. We need some for lunch. We don’t have time to go back to the dorm and you know it.” He wasn’t far from Sassy’s newest friend, so he held out his hand,
“I’m Lancer, by the way, Lancer Cerisier. I’m looking to study Pokémon Trainers. What are you studying?”Introductions were made just in time for one of the TAs to start the professor streaming in. This was supposed to be an in-person class, right? No matter. Class was class. Lancer pulled out his keyboard as his Rotam phone hovered just at eye level. It was an older model, but it worked for taking notes. Lancer was not used to taking notes. Back in high school he was more concerned with his siblings than note taking. So, Lancer could hope that it was a skill that was learnable. He had a class coming up that sounded like it was basically how to do college. Maybe that class would have a note taking segment.
Lancer’s note taking skills were further damaged by the fact that Lancer just found the whole thing about Pokémon ecology painfully fascinating. He kept getting distracted by what Professor Birch was saying and forgetting to take notes. Why was this not required learning for kids wanting to go on an adventure? Maybe not all of it, but some of it would be helpful to prevent accidently stumbling on to things like upset nests of Beedrils. Lancer’s full attention would be on the Professor only to suddenly realize that he needed to be taking notes, so he would hurriedly type out what he remembered of the lecture only to be dragged back into to the interesting stuff. This was only the first lesson. How much more interesting would it get from here? Could he read ahead? Maybe that would help him actually focus on note taking than being dragged into the lecture itself.
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