Taking Sides

Chapter 13: Routine

-Chapter 13: Routine-

Eventually, the lesson ended after around three hours of intensive teaching. Of course, several arguments broke out, when Aurelius dismissed scientific fact as 'pure and utter nonsense', which included Newton’s laws.

Of course, the latter was easy enough to prove, which involved tossing a broken phone at the gold dragon, who batted it aside, sending it smashing into a wall. I accompanied this with the relevant explanation of how this related to F=ma. This, of course, prompted them to clam up and the lesson ran to it's end with a handful of arguments.

At the end, I agreed with Faelius that I would conduct a similar lesson each day at noon, for a class that he would assemble. He even promised to give me a name list.

Once done, Aurelius took his leave, saying that he had to get back to his branch of the council to pass along the knowledge. He also added that he would probably have to return at a later date to learn more. Upon my request, he agreed to give advance notice. When asked why, I replied that I would need to prepare the lesson. Another reason was, of course, to avoid the entire drama that we had in the morning from repeating itself...

Once Faelius left, Aurak's eyes took on a faraway look, as Tyran took control. He flashed a smile. "It is good to see that you're regaining you skills, father!"

I nodded. "Not to mention convenient. You want to change back now? Or shall I drive us back first, though I'll have to bring in some petrol first."

Tyran cocked his head. "Petrol? What's that?"

"Oil. It's fuel for the car. The engine runs by burning that. If you want, I can try explaining in a little more detail than what I did earlier, but I know quite little. My education never went that far." I replied, sighing.

"Why do you sigh, father?" Tyran asked, looking concerned. It felt somewhat awkward, of course, since anatomically, it was Aurak who was making those expressions.

I shrugged. "I could have been doing my first year in university if I hadn't been conscripted. Then, I could have explained things better. My knowledge is very limited, and I know it."

Tyran snorted. "You still know more than most of us. Besides, you can always continue learning when the war ends."

I sighed again. "Perhaps. If the university that I have a place in is still in one piece when this is all over."

Tyran nodded. "Since you'll be busy, I'll resume my own form first."

WIth that, he pulled open the back of AUral's skin and started to work his way out, while I mulled over on how I was going to go about bringing petrol. I was sure enough that trying to bring in a jerry can would probably bring in one that was either empty or filled with some random liquid, probably water.

While Tyran grunted in the background, having gotten his upper body free, I settled on bringing in an empty jerry can, then filling it with petrol.

There was a slight decrease in temperature I the room when I brought in the can, but it was tolerable enough.

However, upon inspection of the can, I found that it was filled with water. I groaned, and ended up lugging the entire thing out the door and pouring the water over the car, giving it a bit of a wash. I then transported the remainder of the water out of the can, leaving it totally dry inside. I then brought in petrol, and watched as the can filled, and stopped once it was completely full.

It then dawned on me that I should just transport petrol straight into the vehicles fuel tank, and did so, noting that I was once again breathing out mist, as the temperature of the immediate area dropped like a stone in water.