[Rei sighs, scrubbing her face with her hands. It really shouldn't be this hard. This stuff seemed comparatively simple in class, but these problems were just so overwhelming right now.]

I know what you mean. I was just...I was okay with this when we sat down, but the more and more I think about it the more it feels like this is just going to not be alright.

[After all the battles, all the demons, the dark gods, the magical beasts and stuff, this was what was going to do her in. Exams. School. The one thing she had been completely sure of. She slumped over, hands running through her hair in frustration.]

Ughhhh, I shouldn't be so stressed out. It's like there's some sort of...I don't know, curse on these books or something.

[Which may ring hollow with most people, but that...seems to strike a chord, when she voices it. And when the lights in the room flicker. They dim a few times, the bulb hissing and popping, almost like...]

Yuri, did you see that?