"Just… be careful," Caius eventually said out loud after a moment of speechlessness.
Doran smiled then and took his hand off Caius's shoulder.
"I'll see you in class," he said and walked away to join his friends.
"Finally," Baler said in a loud and irritated voice, "What took you so long, peasant?"
"Let's go," Doran said easily, ignoring the question as he walked ahead of the two. There was a little swagger to his steps now. A spring in his steps. Some parts of his true personality seemed to finally be rearing their head.
Baler looked stunned at being ignored and looked to the side at Aurelius who he found smiling lightly.
"What was that?" Baler asked incredulously.
Aurelius shrugged.
"It's Doran telling us to get a move on," he said and walked up to Baler so they could head back to the Academy's main buildings together.
Baler looked back at Caius and frowned suspiciously before he caught up with them looking very disgruntled.
