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cabins sure are nice.”
    “ Hey, this is nothing
compared to the higher classmen’s attire, from what I’ve heard,”
Sean says.
    As Sean takes another sip of his
drink, Matt finally asks, due to his mounting curiosity, “If you’re
a freshman like us, how do you know so much about the school
already?”
    After a pause in his resolve, Sean
deflects the question with, “I’ll tell ya later. But for now, I say
we get all settled, hand Rose some vodka, and make our first night
together fun! Who agrees?”
    Matt and Rose turn to each other,
expressions blank, look to Sean, and both shrug in agreement. Rose
adds in, “What better way to get acquainted?”
    “ Just what I thought! See,
our great minds are already thinking alike!” Sean grabs another
bottle from the fridge, delivers it to Rose, and raises his drink
up. “Friends?”
    Matt and Rose follow the gesture.
“Friends!” The bottles bang together, and they all take a few gulps
of their drinks. They then spread out to sit at different spots.
Matt sits on a stool near the kitchen counter, Sean takes the left
side of the couch, and Rose seats herself on the right
side.
    After having another quick sip of his
vodka, Sean begins the conversation. “Now, to make this
ice-breaking easier for us, I say we tackle one subject of
introduction at a time until we’ve all explained ourselves on it.
So, I think the first subject should be, obviously, where we are
from. How about it, Matt?”
    Matt agrees, “Sure.” Taking a breath
to focus his thoughts, he tells them, “I’m from Minari, the Mining
State of the Confederacy and to the west of this college. I live
only with my two parents in the remote wilderness, far away from
the nearest town. The only news I’ve gotten of the outside world is
whatever my father brings back. He is a state ranger who patrols
Minari’s boundaries with its neighbors, so he’s only at home for a
few days before returning to another month of patrol.”
    When Matt finishes speaking to take
another sip from his bottle, Sean picks up where he left off. “Hah,
what a coincidence! I’m from Minari as well, but unlike you, I live
a little closer to society, and my family’s much bigger. We’re
simple farmers who work out in the fields, and thus most of us
aren’t all that bright. I, however, am the most intellectual of my
siblings, and that’s the reason why I’m the only one of them here!”
He turns to Rose. “And where are you from, my fair
Rose?”
    Ignoring his overly courteous
reference, Rose replies, “If you must know, I hail from the state
of Riaquen, far east of here.”
    Sean, in the middle of drinking, spits
out his vodka and gasps with shock, “Say what!? You’re from
Riaquen, the state known for its military regime!? How could such a
peaceful thing like you come from that land that thinks only of
war?”
    Annoyed by his outburst, Rose suggests
to him in a low tone, “You shouldn’t judge other people so quickly.
Keep up the flirtatious mood, and you’ll find out I’m not as
peaceful as I look.” Amused to see Sean squirm in his seat, gulping
down fear instead of vodka, she continues, “Anyway, I’m from the
Alamence clan of Riaquen, who are well known for their success in
any field of profession and their skills in battle. The necklace
around my neck, in fact, bears the family crest of
Alamence.”
    Finding an opportunity to speak up,
Matt implies politely, “How interesting. Well, um, after seeing a
little tension between you two, I think it might be a good idea if
we settle into our rooms, get a good night’s sleep, and try this
conversation another time.”
    “ That’s a great plan,
Matt.” Turning back to Rose, Sean adds, “By the way, I’m truly
sorry if I’ve offended you, Rose. Of all the people I may want to
have bad blood between, I don’t want it to be with a roommate of
the opposite sex!”
    “… Apology accepted,” Rose
replies, a little smirk behind her eyes. Then standing up, she
finishes