After watching a flustered Desmond bolt out of the common hall, Adam grabbed a slice of bread slathered with red jam that smelled like strawberry, rhubarb, and currant. Then, he winked at Quintella, mouthing, "I'll watch you train."
Now that she had left his side, students already surrounded her. With her cute naïveté, older students nodded with smiles as her eyes sometimes widened, or her cheeks puffed after a doubtful joke. They seemed to have already adopted her as a peer in the House of Exorcism, and she was slowly accepting them even though her eyes darted to him every few seconds. It warmed his heart.
Between two students' questions, she gave him a quick nod, and he left the common hall for the training grounds.
