Room 313, Monday afternoon

[solo_sword]

After class, Jaina had gotten in some time in the flight shed, which was nothing unusual. She'd just wanted to blast some things away, really. It was cathartic. She hadn't been too social this weekend, though it did seem like half her galaxy was slowly making its way into town. Also, that guy who looked like her dad. Ben was the part she still couldn't get over, though, and while she would never ever voice the thought, she was almost relieved that he was from an alternate reality and not her future. She felt horrible about it, because that was a reality where Jacen had survived, but she didn't like the way it sounded for anyone involved, really. So, basically this weekend had brought up a lot of things she hadn't wanted to think about.

When she got back to her room, she started going over her handouts from class. She wasn't a notetaker at all, but something told her she could really use something that came from at least one of her classes.

[Open door, open post.]

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"Who was your tutor?" John wondered. "The motion part's actually kind of interesting." If you're a dork.

[solo_sword]

"One in a long string till I went to the academy," she said, waving it off. "We didn't go to school, so that was how we learned everything."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I was lucky enough to avoid tutors," John said. "But not boring classes."

[solo_sword]

"At least you were well-rested," she pointed out.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I was," John grinned. "I should seriously consider signing up for classes with the sole purpose of napping."

[solo_sword]

"I'm sure that'd go over really well when you have so many open days in a week..."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, besides I'd miss out on the interesting stuff." Someone was looking forward to Tuesday's class.

[solo_sword]

"What's the interesting stuff?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I'm taking two physics classes this semester," John told her. "Tomorrow is Introductory Superhuman Physics."

[solo_sword]

"You're taking two?" Again, she hadn't even really thought of the one as being easy.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Well, the second one just sounded hilarious," John reasoned. "You're a superhuman, sort of, so it's like studying the physics of how you do the things you do."

[solo_sword]

"Well, I wouldn't call it superhuman," she said, but she was kind of impressed at that reasoning.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"It is if I'm your definition of basic human," John replied, always forgetting he wasn't exactly normal.

[solo_sword]

"But you stick me in a room with a ysalamir and I'm exactly like anyone else," she pointed out.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Every superhero has their kryptonite," John pointed out.

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Jaina frowned. "Their what?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Thing that makes them not so super," John clarified. "Like Really Strong Guy Who Can Fly. And the Fabulous Foursome."

[solo_sword]

"I think we're venturing into a topic I just can't understand," she admitted.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Meaning I should stop trying?" He ventured.

[solo_sword]

"Or explain more thoroughly, which I realize I might end up wanting to take back," she teased.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Okay," he could try that. "So, like the ysalamir, kryptonite takes away the super powers of Really Strong Guy Who Can Fly. It makes him like a normal, not-super person."

[solo_sword]

"Okay, followed that," Jaina nodded.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"So, just about every superhero has some weakness like that," John said. "At least in the comics."

[solo_sword]

"Does it really count as a weakness if it's an animal I'd really rather have nothing to do with?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Yes, because your enemies can, and likely will, use it against you repeatedly," John replied. "Which is why most heroes keep their weaknesses a secret."