I12DT: In the Mind for a Little Dinner

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:12 pm

"Probably for good reason," Astrid says, "I know that I have to go through some telepathic tutoring."

"Although, I'm kind of looking forward to that."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:17 pm

"You are? We only had one for evaluation. It was kind of unspectacular."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 3:16 am

"I'm sorry to hear that," Astrid says, "Who was it with?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 3:18 am

"Professor McManus."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 3:45 am

"Oh, I haven't met her yet."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:04 pm

"She's nice but a little scary."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 2:20 pm

"That doesn't sound promising," Astrid says.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 2:25 pm

"Her head is full of birds. It... makes us nervous."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 2:26 pm

"I can imagine."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 2:41 pm

"Do you hear peoples' thoughts a lot?"

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 3:06 pm

"Occasionally," Astrid says, "I've been trying to work on my defenses, but it's a bit difficult."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 3:15 pm

"That's why they'll help you with that, right?"

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 4:45 pm

"Hopefully," Astrid says, smiling.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 4:48 pm

"So where are you from?"

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 4:58 pm

"Zadar," Astrid says, "In Croatia."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 5:31 pm

"We're from Greece! Mediterranean awesomeness." she smiles.

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 5:44 pm

Astrid laughs, "Right on! I was afraid the school would be nothing but Americans."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 5:49 pm

"It is, mostly. Unless you count us as more than one. In that case the school's, like, 90% Greek." she laughs.

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:06 pm

Astrid laughs, "I wonder why so many mutants are American. Do you think there's a link between the X-Gene and childhood obesity?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:26 pm

"Hrmm?" Teri asks, having started to dig into her pile of food.

"We fink it's brobabrieh cwause..." she swallows her food. "...cause they're so loud so they get noticed more."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:34 pm

Astrid snorts, "That makes sense."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:00 pm

"The ones here are all pretty okay though. Well, the ones we've met anyway."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:03 am

"Good to hear," Astrid says, "Any creeps or jerkholes?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:53 pm

"Nah. No one who's a jerk for the sake of being a jerk anyway."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:42 pm

"That's good," Astrid says, stabbing at her salad, "My old school had a lot of jerks. It's one of the reasons I'm glad to get out of there."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:45 pm

"Yeah, we know what that's like. People thought we were a plague send by God."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:57 pm

"That's both horrible and badass," Astrid says.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:59 pm

"Well they tried to burn us, so we think they got a little confused somewhere even if it was true."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:17 pm

"That's awful," Astrid says, looking horrified, "I'm sorry."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:22 pm

"It's okay, they didn't understand. We're not sure we understand, but it lead us here so it must be part of His plan." she smiles.

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:52 pm

"Whose plan?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:55 pm

"God's. He must have had a reason for why he made us like this. Why he made anybody here the way they are."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:13 pm

"I always thought that if there was a plan, it was probably that we should help people," Astrid says, "It's the same with any other gift. It comes to you so that you can share it with others."

"It's like the bodhisattvas. We may have achieved a higher state, but that just means we're responsible for acting as shepherds to others," Astrid says, "It's like the Imam Ali said: 'This wealth belongs to Allah and is meant for distribution among the people and therefore everybody has his right in it.'."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:16 pm

Teri nods.

"But it's not so easy in practice when you're a swarm of locust. How does that help us help others?"

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:29 pm

"I don't know," Astrid says, "But I'm sure you'll find something."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:47 pm

"Oh yes. We just haven't found it yet." she smiles.

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:01 pm

"So, what do you do for fun?" Astrid asks.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:10 pm

"We read a lot. And when the weather is nice we spend a lot of time outside."

by **Astrid Ambramovic** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:11 pm

"What do you like to read?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:59 pm

"Oh all kinds of things. We can read pretty fast so we just grab anything from the library. We probably enjoy poetry and historical fiction the most though..."

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