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"There are," Eron replied tentatively, "They often view the world differently, their ability to access the social situation can be impaired, they might be obsessive about one or two things, or they might not understand how other people view the world around them. There are other symptoms, and not all of them occur at once, or are even that severe."

It had never occurred to Eron until Shoneah mentioned it that Andarien could be a special case as some people would call it.

"It's also not unheard of for people like that to be very good at a particular field, though Andarien's kind of brilliance, if that is the case, is very rare."

Eron was genuinely surprised by the question, but when he thought about it, he shouldn't have been. He had heard stories from fellow teachers who sometimes had parents come in being very uncomfortable with such students attending class with their children.

"No," Eron shook his head, "I mean, if you think about it, that kind of swing from being really sad to being very happy, is something a six year old would do. He just might not have the social maturity, but that certainly wouldn't make him dangerous."

He paused, thinking about the training he had received. It varied from child to child, but he had some knowledge.

"His parents would not be traveling if they thought his handicap could bring him or others harm."

Then Eron paused, in the last school year alone, the teachers had to push for at least six assessments for the older children alone. It made him wonder, did Andarien's parents suspect anything?

"I'm not sure how far apart they really are in age, but if she grew up with him, she might not have noticed. I mean, Andarien otherwise is.. very bright."

He probably should ask Andarien's parents, just in case. While it clearly did not hamper his learning, if that's how Shoneah reacted, there would probably be others who weren't familiar.

"How bad was he when he was angry?" Eron asked curiously.

Eron nodded at this slowly, while he wasn't there, if Andarien was handicapped in the way he thought Andarien was handicap, it might not have been as bad as Shoneah thought.

"And it could be, he wasn't as angry, or in that case rage or vengeful as you read him," Eron carefully replied, only because he wasn't sure of the full situation himself, "Part of the... social impairment, is either reading a situation wrong, or responding in a way that gives other people the wrong impression, without fully realizing the consequences. It also depends on how you asked to help, sometimes sentences, words, phrases take on a literal meaning or a different meaning..."

He shrugged at this and was starting to think, he should ask. Before they got into trouble.

"I'm guessing though, without really getting to know him and asking his parents, who knows."

"No... actually, I mainly spoke with Shiro and Lancerial when she came back with her husband," Eron admitted.

It had been nice to talk about science with someone who could understand him, even if he didn't always understand Shiro. Shiro was far more advance than a high school teacher.

"Just a bit, it's still giving me trouble, though the advice from Miyuki helped," Eron replied.

Though he had a funny feeling his attempts were kind of bothering the young woman. The fact she noticed without opening her eyes was a bit telling.

"That's okay, I can't blame you. Even if it doesn't seem long to everyone else, to us it'll be a long trip," Eron admitted.

They probably won't be the same after this, several years on a journey was a long time for anyone.

"But it can't be helped, so we'll just make the best of it."

For the next few days onward, Eron began to spend more time with Andarien when he wasn't learning magic with Miyuki and Lancerial. He wanted to be absolutely sure he was correct about Andarien before asking his parents for any advice (or maybe even give advice).

Miyuki on her part had been practicing with Lancerial and Iorlas on their stories, soon they would be having their first performance, which was good. Performing meant money, and money meant she could start investing in the second part of her idea and that was bringing goods (specifically food and spices) from one place to another.

When she wasn't doing that, she was working on the mobile home. Figuring out how to fit so many people into a single space.