Part V

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Amahle was walking down the stone hallway with her head stuck in a book about quantum physics when she crashed into her best friend of almost a decade, Figaro.

"Careful, Ama, one of these days that'll be a wall," he joked as they both regained their balance.

"I'm so sorry, are you alright?"

"Don't fret, I'm perfectly okay. How was your first night?"

As they spoke about the maze that was their new home, Figaro noticed each crack in the stone walls of the ancient castle. Those who had created the Institute, Dion and Trinity, had repurposed an abandoned castle to build it. The structure was still antiquated and dilapidated, but was now filled with current furniture and art, giving it a feeling of renewal and homeliness, yet, somehow, nothing of this seemed novel.

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