Eli sat with his mother, trying so hard not to roll his eyes as she chatted on and on about how dim the lights were inside the dining hall.
"Oh and Talia dear, wipe your face, no man likes a girl who is such a messy eater. What would your parents say?" Talia, Z and Emmy all paused for much too long. Emmy raised her hand to Lia's shoulder and Z leaned forward to try and see her face but as soon as Emmy started to rub her back, Lia stood up and stormed out.
"What's going on?" Master Omar, the eldest Elemental in the school, and the entire country asked, as he watched everyone watch Lia leave. When no one answered he used his judgment and waved the girl over. "Tell me Emmerson."
"Her parents haven't been to see her in so long. And she recently got a letter that her parents don't want her
