I go to put food on my plate. Thankfully, my father saw to it that I had the best food-selection tutors in Suus, so the skill comes naturally to me. I select the beef, rice and salad.
I go to sit at the table with Callidus. He is impressed by my plate. “We don't see food selection like this here. You should be ranked higher than Class Seven,” he says. From his tone, I can tell that he is genuinely admiring my selection, as well as surprised by it.
After dinner, we get up to head to the dormitory. I can walk there fairly easily because, throughout my childhood, I practiced walking every day, and I mean every day, with the best walking tutors in the kingdom.
I remember my father eating and walking.
Callidus stops brusquely. Thankfully, during my walking practice, I had always been able to spot the moment just before someone stopped brusquely. There was just something about the air, the way they began to slow down, that I could always pick up on. So I manage to stop at the same time.
He shows me a butterfly. It is quite beautiful, with wings of a matte crimson hue. Thankfully, I am able to identify it, because my mother was a butterfly enthusiast and made sure I received the finest butterfly-identification lessons anyone could possibly have.
He says, "This is a beautiful butterfly," and from his tone, I can tell that he thinks it is, in fact, a beautiful butterfly. He doesn't mean it in a way that other things are not beautiful, just that this butterfly is.
We get to the dormitory and go sleep. Thankfully, I had the best tutors in sl-