Dialogue and thoughts are in #0048FF
Toshiro sat through his mathematics class with a sense of resignation, realizing that he knew about as much at the end as he did at the beginning, which seemed to defeat the point of going to the class. Not that he was surprised. Mathematics had never been his strong suit. There wasn't room for intuition, at least not as far as he saw, in the subject. It was right or it was wrong, and the only way to find out was to do the problem as the teacher prescribed. Unorthodox thinking wasn't allowed.
As the rest of the class filtered out for a break, Toshiro stayed in the room, but took a short walk around to stretch his legs out. He glanced to see if anyone was looking. Nobody was. He could use Hover, just to dust it off a bit. He couldn't use it much around the house, and hoverskating to school was out of the question for now, but here, where everyone had some...difference, would it be so strange?
"Excuse me, but do you know what carnations symbolize?"
The voice was quiet, probably audible to him alone. What a peculiar question, he thought. Everyone knows what those symbolize. Beauty, pride.
He turned to answer, then hesitated, noticing who it was, and he remembered. Opposites.
"They symbolize disgrace and ugliness," he murmured in reply. "Everyone knows that."
The words felt so absurd to him that he couldn't help a small smile at it as he turned to face Inoue. "I haven't seen anything too unusual yet. You?"