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Library, Sunday 08/05

Raven had made progress in coming out of hiding, but opening up the library for the day was still a big step. Responsibility always managed to trump emo, though, and she'd missed her shift last Sunday on account of being evil demon spawn, so here she was.

She had the Olympics streaming quietly on her laptop as a distraction, switching between events (not boxing, thank you very much) and admiring the abilities and determination and of course the pride of the many athletes.

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Well, Evan was cloned from the blood of the tiny Apocalypse that Fantomex shot...

"I might have to stop in to talk to him," Evan decided. "I mean, this isn't even the first time you've mentioned him. I'm starting to get the impression that he's a pretty great guy."

Call it a hunch.

"Especially since so much of what happened last week was because he wasn't around, right?"

Raven's expression darkened for a moment. "Yes," she said. "I believe he was killed before I arrived on the island. So he was not there to guide me and teach me how to shield myself from emotions, and it seems once I was put in detention, I went mad from all the pain and suffering around me." Those memories were very hazy, and she preferred it that way.

She found a smile again. "He is a wonderful teacher, and has helped me so much during my time here."

Evan tried to think about how he might have turned out if his uncle hadn't been around to train him with his powers when he found out he had them at all of eleven years of age. Eye beams and energy blasts and shapeshifting... It was a lot for a little kid to handle, all in one go without any experienced direction. If it had been something like Raven's empathy, when surrounded by the crazy people down in detention, he probably wouldn't have made it, either.

He nodded a little.

"Then I'll definitely make time to talk to him," he decided. "If he's done this much good for you, then he has to be a good person."

"Good," Raven said, leaning back against the desk.

"Aside from last week, how have you been?" she asked. "It has been awhile since we have spoken. I hope all has been going well."

"I've been kind of keeping my head down," Evan admitted, scuffing a toe against the floor. "I met Loki a while back, though. It sounds like he was bullied out of his home, too. So... I guess here seems like a popular place to be if you have a history you don't want to live up to, or... something."

"I suppose I cannot argue with that," Raven said. She hadn't exactly been bullied in Azarath, but she had hardly been loved, either.

"I do not know Loki, but he is a good friend of my friend Cassidy," she said. "I think I told you that before. Cassidy is from the same world as Karla and will be a Queen like her. She works in the library on Saturdays. I think you two would be good friends." Don't play matchmaker, Raven.

"Anybody who likes books is okay in my... uh... book." Well, that statement kind of fell short. Evan blushed a little, a pink flush coloring his cheeks quite obviously. "Maybe I will stop by to visit her, too. My uncle keeps telling me to get out and meet," girls, "people while I'm here, after all."

Raven managed not to giggle at how flustered Evan seemed. Barely.

"You should," she said. "She would welcome the company as much as I do. She is also often in the gardens."

"There are gardens?"

HE WAS A VERY SHELTERED BOY, OKAY? There was important studying to be done! Studying!

"Um... I mean, oh! The gardens! Those are... I'll..." Yeah, more blushing. "Maybe I'll just come into the library on Saturday."

Now Raven couldn't help but laugh a little.

"Why are you blushing?" she teased.

"I'm not," protested Evan. Feebly. While blushing a little more. "I'm just..."

Pink. Very pink.

"I need to get out of my room more."

The pink was adorable.

"This is true," Raven said. "I spent much of my time my first few weeks here in my room, but once I began to venture out, I began to make some very dear friends. I hope you will do the same."

"I'll try," Evan replied, his blush fading a little as he smiled up at her. "People here have been really nice. I'm not entirely sure what I'm hiding from, any more."

Well, except for maybe Jono, in town, like Raven had warned him away from. Everyone else seemed to be taking his presence here pretty well.

"I hid my heritage from all but a few for a very long time," Raven said with a nod. "And when I finally stopped doing so...it did not matter. There are some who have had bad experiences with demons in their worlds who may regard me with suspicion at first, but they soon learn I mean them no harm. Despite its own dangers, Fandom really is a safe place for those like us to grow and learn."

"I don't really get the option of hiding," Evan noted, tilting his head a little, "but I don't really want to hide anyhow. My parents raised me to be a good person, no matter who I might look like. That's what I want to show people. And I think people here are actually going to give me the chance to."

That meant the world to him. After all, it had only been just a few months since he'd been ripped away from his home and thrown into something that looked fairly reminiscent of the mouth of Hell itself, before being shuttled off to school.

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