Built on the Braddock Estate not far from the Manor, these were constructed for the university's benefit after doubts about the... eccentricities of the Manor itself.
"I need at least five years of residence here for citizenship, I think. Renouncing is pretty much just the cost, but I also don't want to necessarily be stateless either."
"Since early high school, junior high-ish maybe. They were a little easier to hide then. Southern Alabama always has some weird weather, so no one thought much of it."
"You get some pretty bad tornadoes in zee states, non? We get quite a few in France, but zey are not typically terrible. Oh except for zee one in Nord a long time ago. Zat one was brutal."
She nods in understanding. "Zis makes sense. Zough I imagine controlling sings like zee tornados was not really possible, non? It would haf alerted people, would it not?"
"I'm not even positive I could really control one even now. They're wild, unpredictable things. But I was tempted to try to write my name in the landscape with them a few times when I was in high school."