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Rejoice, class! The Spirit was actually present this week! They were in a normal classroom, and he was sitting on the edge of the desk up front with his legs stretched out, and his hat on the desk next to him. The rest of his outfit wasn't going anywhere, though. Not even the coat. He nodded in greeting at the students. "Hello, kids," he said. "I am the Spirit, and this is Charming Your Way Into And Out of Things. If you're in the wrong place ––" He smiled at them. "–– please consider staying anyway. Charm helps everyone and makes the world a little bit sweeter for all of us."

It had for him, at least. And he was technically dead so he needed all the sweetness he could find.

"I apologize for my absence last week, but I was urgently needed back in Central City. My thanks to Mr. Langstrom for stepping in." And for accepting mysterious letters as a valid mode of TA recruitment. "I won't make you introduce yourselves again, so this week, we're getting right to the basics. What all of you kidlets think charm is, and what it's good for. And after some discussion on that point, I'll ask you to pair up and practice a very basic charming action: complimenting each other. Now, let's get to it."

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Mercy laughed. "I think you're doing great, and since the assignment was only for one compliment, I think you've done all you need to."

"Good to know, because I was about out of them," Mira said. "No offense. It's a me issue, not a you issue."

"I'm not worried about it," Mercy said easily. "It's hard to just randomly keep coming up with compliments. Especially for someone you barely know."

"Actually, with my track record? That's probably the best time to shower me with compliments," Mira snarked.

"Are you suggesting that once I get to know you I won't be able to find anything nice to say?" Mercy teased. "You should have met the people I grew up with."

"Well, not 'anything,' exactly," Mira noted. "But the compliments tend to come with sighs and grunts and the word 'but.' Like, 'Mira's good at her job. Ugh. Leave some for the rest of us.' And 'Sure, she's pretty, but she will seriously elbow you in the throat without any warning.'"

That got another laugh. "You're sounding more and more like the people I grew up with."

"You didn't grow up on Nar Shaddaa by any chance, did you?" Mira checked.

"Aspen Creek, Montana," Mercy said with a shake of her head. "Sorry."

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