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Following Xiu to the nurse's office, Summanon was surprised when the ghoul actually answered all of her questions. Most people usually missed questions she asked or deliberately ignored them, because she was so curious that she usually wound up pelting people with questions. Processing the answers and seeing how breathless Xiu was, Sulmanon only asked two more...for now.

"Are you okay? Also, am I allowed to ask more questions?" Then she realized that, if she was not allowed to ask anymore questions, she was in trouble. Upon realizing that, she smiled wanly. People often chastised her for asking too many questions.

Happy that Xiu was okay and willing to answer more questions, Sulmanon smiled sheepishly and said, "Three I can do, sorry. People often tell me I'm too curious." Saying people had told her she was too curious was the understatement of the year. Her curiosity had been what lead her past teachers to teach her how to read several different languages quite early, it allowed her to find her answers herself.

Pausing for a moment, she came back with three carefully chosen questions. "Where are the paths under the school? I'd like to know where they are so that I can avoid them while looking for any nearby caves. Also, where is the library and are there any books you'd recommend?" After those three, she managed to hold her curiosity at bay. For now.

"I probably won't go anywhere I'm not supposed to go." Sulmanon replied, thinking to herself Unless my curiosity gets the better of me. Her curiosity had gotten her into a bit of trouble in the past, but she could usually keep it in check now.

"Ah," Sulmanon replied, "I tend to go for adventures, histories, or for books telling about caves or other races. Though, the main reason I like books telling about other races is that my parents really only let me meet other dragons when I was growing up, so I wanted to know what other types of beings existed." That was a genre of book she was unlikely to read for a bit, if mostly because she was planning on meeting as many different races as she could.

At the mention of the hotspring cave, Sulmanon perked up. A cave that had natural hotsprings usually had more cave systems around it, if you could find the entrances. That would definitely be something she would have to check out.

On their way to the library, Sulmanon proceeded to interrogate Xiu about the campus, teachers, surrounding area, what races she had met, the general attitudes of the five major factions towards each other, about Bakus, and about many, many other things. Quite frankly, she was surprised with Xiu's patience with her curiosity.

In response to Xiu's joking warning, Sulmanon only grinned mischievously. She knew that, with her curiosity, it was only a matter of time till she wound up sticking her nose somewhere it did not belong, again...


Upon hearing that Xiu had parents with an attitude like her own parents, Sulmanon frowned a little and said, "Then I wish you luck in keeping your freedom. If they're anything like mine... I guess we're both going to need luck." The last bit of that had been delivered with a bit of a chuckle. She still needed to figure out exactly what she could do without her parents finding out. They always seemed to know what she was up to back home.

After getting a fair few questions answered and being shown rows upon rows of books she had never read before, Sulmanon was about as happy as a young dragon could be. For the first time in a very long time, she had a ton of new information to process, meaning her questions slackened off. Until she remembered, once again, the promise Xiu had made. "One last question, do you have a skellyphone? I thought it might to be a good thing to exchange numbers, just in case I manage to get lost on the way to your room." At least this one was an easily answerable and practical question.

"I'll try." she answered, putting on the most innocent face she could make.


Her parents letting up? There was pretty much no chance of that. "They're just waiting for some incident or excuse to "prove that I was wrong in wanting to come here". The only reason I'm here in the first place is that I managed to wheedle, beg, and use logic to convince them that sending me here was a good idea. Otherwise, I'd still be locked in that castle." Sulmanon said glowering, though not at Xiu, but rather at some speck of dust off to her right.

Happy that the other ghoul also had an eyephone, Sulmanon pulled out hers as well. Her parents had bought it for her with the stipulation that she called them at least once a week. That was one of the conditions she had agreed to for getting to come here, but now it was going to be used for a purpose they had not intended. Managing to remember her own number and then giving it to the other ghoul, Sulmanon them fumbled with her eyephone until she had Xiu's number saved. Chalk one more mark in on her rebellion scoreboard!

"...but they haven't changed at all in over 50 years!" Sulmanon retorted, showing her age. She was one to be optimistic in some cases, but fifty years with overbearing parents had worn down her optimism that they might change, although, letting her come here was a surprise.

Happy to finally have a contact in her eyephone that was not her parents, Sulmanon almost missed Xiu's question. "That would probably be a good idea. I don't tend to forget things, but there are so many interesting things here, I might get a little caught up and forget." she agreed.