[ Oria laughs a little. Did he though? Honestly, he thought about it—doing the exact thing that Sinclair mentioned. But he knows there's value in attending classes, exactly for the reason that Sinclair is thinking.

However. ]

I'd go if I had time. The odds are, I'll be watching something prerecorded and going through the class when I can. It won't match typical class schedules.

[ Oria was jealous of Deto for the normalcy his life led before Fragment. Everyone has their hardships, but when the biggest current worry is something completely mundane, that's something to be thankful for. Even Michel pointed it out: people making a purposeful attempt on your life at least twice a year isn't normal, but it's normal for Oria.

He wished it wasn't his normal, but wishes are merely just that—wishful thinking that never comes true in reality. ]

But it's fine. Academics aren't worth much to me anyway.

[ It was never about that. It was about the experience, the mundane, the common memories and perspectives, the—

Ever since he's seen an abnormality and had the various encounters, he feels that his mental stability has been absolutely rattled as if it forcibly unlocked something that was meant to be kept closed. It's gotten harder lately. ]

But I've been worried about you, Emil.