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Normally the gardens were a comforting, relaxing place for Jove. He loved being outside, with the smells of plants and animals and fungi so rich in the air. He loved the smell of dirt, and moisture, and the feeling of soft ground under his feet instead of the dusty hallways and solid tiles of the school buildings.

But ever since that weird dream, he had felt awkward around he gardens. He remembered was where he- his mirror self, had gotten a gift, and he remembered bright red flowers that drained his energy. And just being in the gardens made it all reappear so vividly in his mind, he almost wanted to run back to his room and hide until he could make sense of it all.

Instead, he sat down on a bench to wait until the feeling disappeared.

The pup's ears were forward, focused like his eyes on his hands folded in his lap. He was slouching. It was uncharacteristic for the small child, but somehow appropriate. He couldn't shake the feeling that he was mourning something, or someone.

Then suddenly, one ear flicked backwards. Towards the soft sound of footsteps at his back.

If the weight and gait of the footsteps were not enough for Jove to figure out who it was behind him, the casual hand on his shoulder and noticeable accent did it. The pup turned his head. Yeah, it was that canine again, he ghost that looked like his brother.

Jove nodded, giving his tail a short wag in greeting. Was Nuru going to ask him to look for bugs? There weren't many this time of the year...

What... what? So they were going to talk today? Jove was sure there were more interesting things, even if there were no bugs out this time of year he could probably find some birds to show the other ghost. He slowly nodded. Although he was unsure where Nuru was going, he did like school...

But as for things he would change, he wasn't going to mention being shoved into lockers during his first and second year.

Jove nodded again, he had lots of friends now that he was at the academy! He never thought he would ever know so many people, but perhaps that was what happened when you learned with other students, and fought for your lives together. He had made friends with boils and ghouls, and even had a brother in the monster dorms. He could almost imagine what family must be like.

The pup tilted his head slightly, a silent question of his own. Why was Nuru asking him these things? His curiosity had been piqued, he might just sit and nod his head through thirty more questions just to know why he was being asked.