The Library, Thursday

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Evan was a little bit distracted on the job today, he was sorry to admit. Sure, it was the last week before break, and everyone else was going to be going to Turkey. He, on the other hand, had been asked to head back to the Jean Grey School to check in with some of his instructors, to let them know that he was doing well even if he wasn't going to a school specifically for mutants.

There was something in there about a field trip, too, but today he was mostly just going over a list of things that he'd probably want to bring with him when he went. The JGS had their own library, so at least he was all set in that regard...

Hm.

[A little late and OCD-free today, but open!]

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"Wait--our Professor Starsmore?" Sholeh asked, blinking in surprise. "Did he follow you to this school? Can't he just send reports back so you can come on the trip?"

The soup sandwiches were interesting, and she'd almost certainly ask about those later, but Professor Starsmore knew about her and her sisters. He had precedence.

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"He's... kind of like our Professor Starsmore," Evan ventured, tilting his head a little. "But maybe more like a Professor Starsmore from the future? The one back home looks... a lot different."

Less like Evan himself, say.

"I think it's one of those weird Fandom timeline things."

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"Weird timeline things?" Sholeh asked. That was one thing that she'd had yet to encounter here. "How can he be both here and there at the same time? But be in the future? Did he come back in time?"

That didn't even make sense Evan! Where was a the logic?

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"I don't think that's it, exactly," Evan offered, scuffing his foot and trying to find a good way to put it. "It's more like... the Causeway and portals all lead to different places, right? Like where you came from and where I came from, they're pretty fantastically different from one another. But, on top of those different places, time has different stops along the way, too. I came from a place that's really close to Fandom's present. The Professor Starsmore that's here... I think he's from a place that's somewhere in my past? So he's the same person, he just stepped through... a different door, sort of?"

He was hoping that made sense. It was kind of confusing to him, too. Maybe he'd ask Vice Principal McCoy to come up with a better explanation while he was there.

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"So he didn't come across the Causeway like you did?" Sholeh asked, still confused and being a little too literal about things. "I came over a bridge, so that might be why I'm from such a different place."

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"I'm not sure how he got here," Evan admitted, frowning thoughtfully. "He was here long before I was, I think. I haven't really spoken to him since I got here."

Come to think of it, he really hadn't spoken to him much back at the Jean Grey School, either. And it wasn't until he saw Jono's face here that he even began to be able to guess at why.

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"I'm his TA this semester," Sholeh said proudly. "And I was in his class last semester. He teaches really useful things! You should take one of his classes sometime and see!"

She flashed him a mischievous smile. "I could help you with your homework, if you're worried about that."

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"Are you going to fly me across the island?" Evan teased, answering her smile with one of his own. "With an offer like that, you've almost got me tempted, you know."

Almost. But the idea of taking a class under a teacher who didn't want him there was probably going to deter him.

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"Well, no," Sholeh admitted, giving Evan a small smile. "But I would walk with you across it and we could pick out pretty places to read?"

Try to say thatwasn't a compelling argument, Evan!

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That was a really compelling argument, actually!

"But can't we do that any time?"

A beat.

"And if so, can we do it more?"

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"We can!" Sholeh said with a happy smile. "But maybe more when the weather warms up? I get cold easily."

Skinny as she was, she felt the winter cold to her bones.

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"That sounds just fine," Evan decided, smiling a little more. He wasn't nearly bold enough to suggest that he keep her warm, though the thought had crossed his mind, at least for a moment. "It's a good thing Spring is just around the corner."

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That was fine. Her sisters were making enough comments on his behalf anyway.

"I'm looking forward to it," she replied, trying not to blush at their commentary. "To spring and walks both. And to writing you those postcards, since you won't be there to enjoy the break with me. Us. The school."