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"Jade, why don't you .. tell everyone what you're learning at school!" Marceline redirected things smoothly.

All eyes clapped onto the Tano heir. Her jaw dropped slightly, at the attention.

"Uh, well, we just rounded out the semester with, like, Stein theory and stuff. And how Clek's Variable only works with some figures in the Aegean set," the girl's eyebrows drew together. Marcy nodded as though this made perfect sense.

"Well, we know how Clek can be, sometimes!" Ethan gave a disarming smile, picking up a discarded piece of his roll, and popping it into his mouth.

"Yeah, I mean, it's alright," Jade hinged on the word. As she started her next sentence, more energy poured from her words. "There's so much happening at the school, though, it's great. I've been sitting in on some extra classes, when I have a free period here or there, meeting lots of great friends, everyone's just great, y'know .. "

"Extra classes, Jadeling? That's marvelous!" Marceline beamed.

"Yeah, I don't miss being homeschooled," Jade grinned. In her lap, Thermometer raised his head, squeaked, turned about, shifted position, and fell back into another nap.