With that answer, Aylin let the matter drop even if the look in her eyes was still that of intrigue. They both went silent for a while as the class continued. When they arrived at the practical sections of the day's lectures, Caius found that he liked having a seat-partner of equal or at least similar Alchemical acumen to do the work with.
That meant he didn't have to explain things to Aylin as he usually had to do with Doran. If anything, he got to look in her notes for tiny bits of information that he may not have deemed important enough to include in his.
"Yeah, it's this way…" Aylin said at some point.
"Are you sure?" Caius asked. He didn't sound dismissive. More cautious.
Aylin smiled.
"I'm sure," she insisted and proceeded as she believed was right, succeeding with the experiment.
"Well done," Caius praised her as he directed his attention to his kit to do as she had done.
