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First day.

Well, first day of classes at any rate....and that was generally the first day that she took a great deal of interest in the affairs of the student population. Unpacking and settling into the cabins was something the practical staff were apt to handle. She was an academic....well...perhaps academic wasn't the right word exactly...she was an expert, at any rate.

Miss Penn sat in her office, rolling up a large diagram of the human brain with her gloved hands. Not long to go until she took the first class of the first day 'Introduction to the Mental Landscape'. It was a class involving the new arrivals, Paths, Kinetics and Splitters alike, so tended to be quite interesting...or completely chaotic. The power classes were liable to bicker much of the time...but segregated classes were no good. Eventually the Paths and Kinetics would have to team up to work, so there was no reason why they should not start working upon their arrival.

The instructor rose to her feet, zipping her materials into a bag.

Saeth was a distinctive individual, even at first glance. Her hair, thick and silvery grey in colour, was cut into a neat bob, framing her face. Her skin was a very pale colour, almost white....and did not tend to get along with the sun. It was her eyes that tended to attract the most attention...and unnerve people the most comprehensively. It was a calling card of sorts, and not something that she was in the least bit shy about.

The woman was dressed in a black turtleneck, the badge of an APD agent pinned to one side, the stylized outline of a human head with three bolts issuing from it. She tended to have it on her person, whether out of nostalgia....or as an opportunity to show off...it was unclear.

Introduction to the Mental Landscape. It would be there that the trainees really sank or swam. They had a high dropout rate, and Miss Penn suspected that that was at least partially the reason for it. She had no intention to hold their hand or baby these young psychics. If anything they would be right in at the deep end. Today was going to be a bit of a field trip.