Easy As a Pea

Aethra had decided to go to the library to find out what she could about Beata's past. It was a bit of a habit of her's to go and analyze quite a few things - usually a little too much - and test everything out with the process of scientific inquiry. She had been standing by the science section, holding the book in one hand while the other was turning pages. The Spring had been quite concentrated on the book, wondering about the many different things that happened within sound. Unfortunately, her thoughts always caused mirages to appear, so if carefully observed, faded lines that represented sound appeared on the books behind her. When the thump of a book fell, slightly startled, the waves behind her reflected the sound before fading away. Closing her book and looking, the fourteen year old asked, "Oh, my... Who might you be?" Her blue eyes were focused straight into his, and a small bow was given out of politeness. A family tradition and habit they did before introducing themselves, "I would be Aethra." A gentle kind voice that always seemed so polite and displaying respect, it was all due to the family lifestyle she grew up with.

What was he trying to do...? Charm her? Attract her? Oh... flirt. Come on, she wasn't that interested. She disliked those with mockery, even if his smile was quite kind. Even if he was quite handsome and not your typical everyday kind of guy, he was being awfully direct and it bothered her that someone could be so blunt. Dear? Please, he must not say that to every girl. Reopening her book to get her mind off of things, Aethra replied, "It's quite a pleasure to meet you as well." Glancing and turning the pages, the girl had a few things on her mind, but they were pretty simple things such as analyzing the story. Luckily, there was no need for those kind of things to become real, so her powers would stay off for the time being. "You must be an initiate. You are unfamiliar and strange to me." She had an intriguing word choice, but, that was just her. Really, it didn't help with her sort of thing, and it was her attempt at breaking the silence.

Glancing over at Maytrix and then back at her book, Aethra replied simply, "Perhaps you were, perhaps not." Maytrix, huh? As in... Matrix? A matrix was an environment or material that something developed in, or a system. Did his name have any meaning to that? Luckily, such a thought like that was impossible to develop into a mirage since it was simple relationship to different words and how would her powers manage that? Not that she exactly knew her powers were the cause of her thinking, analysis, and always working mind. When he asked the question, without breaking concentration on her book, the Spring answered back with her calm, cool, and polite voice, "I am trying to find a book on spirits, ghosts, and the like. An illusion subject must I say." Her gift did relate to those, so it would be best to learn more about it. When reading, most of the time, she didn't even think, her mind just took pictures of it and she remembered when necessary. It was fortunate, since every other time she was in a thought, her abilities would activate on the spot.

Why was he interested in what she was doing? That was what bothered her a bit. Wait... How did he know that she was researching on her own gift? This guy was a bit different from most other students, she'll give him that much credit, but... Really, he seemed to be so curious about what little tidbits she did. Aethra simply responded with, "I suppose so. Unfortunately, this resource hands me nothing useful." Placing the book back in the empty spot right behind her before grabbing the book right next to it, she flipped open to the table of contents and started turning to the page, before getting hooked into reading again. Before she realized it, Maytrix was still there. "Do you not have anything else to do? You did say you were researching about your own powers, correct?"