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Levi just nodded, and blushed a little, mostly due to the placement of her wallet.

He was still young, after all. He was technically an adult... but still. A young one.

"All right." he finally said.

"I'll remember that." he told her.

"Is it all right if I give this to my friend?" he then asked her.

"Or, let her know who you are, at least?" he asked further.

"Just so you have another form of contact?"

Levi nodded.

"Yeah, sure." he told her.

He then dug a pen and notebook out of his backpack and wrote his email address on one of the sheets, ripping it out and giving it to her.

"Here." he said.

"My personal email, as opposed to my school email." he told her.

"Should be safer."

Levi was silent, and just sighed.

"Not easily." he told her.

"My finances are... a bit tight, and I can't have a driver's license, for... well... obvious medical reasons." he said.

"But my friend has her license, and her own vehicle." he informed her further.

"Is that something you can work with?" he asked.

"W-woah!" Levi exclaimed upon seeing the flame.

"Is... is that... real?" he asked.

He reached out for it slowly, but stopped just short of the fire.

"...it... is IS..." he realized.

"W... wow..." he muttered, before looking at Kiah.

"This... this is stuff that's actually real."

"...mana." Levi mumbled.

"You mean, like, magic and stuff?" he asked her.

"Like, I see magicians like Desiree McCormick and Jaden Sherwood on stage, and their magic is amazing." he told her.

"But I hear some people call it 'mana'." he went on.

"Is that, like, another name for it, or something?" he asked her.

"Because I DO know there's more to this life than what we see." he finished.

Levi was silent, and looked a bit confused.

"Uh... all right." he said.

"Normally I would be extremely sceptical about this." he told her.

"I mean, Chemists are extremely intelligent and talented, but psychs tend to know what they're talking about when it comes to the mind." he reasoned.

"But nothing they've done has helped. And you just helped in a matter of minutes." he went on.

"Trusting you seems like my best option."

Levi just sighed quietly.

"It's okay." he said.

"The headache is an improvement." he told her.

"But... I have a question." he then said.

"Why help me?" he asked her.

"I mean, you don't know me, and you're not a student or teacher here... why go out of your way?" he asked further.

"Most people don't even give me a second thought. Or if they do, it's not... a pleasant one."

"....oh!" Levi exclaimed.

"That's cool." he said, before wincing slightly.

"Nngh." he groaned.

"Now that they've shut up, I've realized something." he told her.

".....I have a headache." he mumbled.

"Guess I was usually... distracted... whenever I had one."

As they started to walk, Levi was silent for a moment, seeming to be thinking about something.

"Class?" he asked.

"Are you... a professor here?" he asked her.

"Or... a student?" he asked further.

"You don't seem familiar to me... and I've pretty much seen all the people here." he commented.

"Yeah, I... kind of have a photographic memory." he then admitted.

"....mana?" Levi asked.

"Mana as in... like... magic-mana?" he asked her further, before shaking his head.

"If you need blood, come on." he then told her.

"Let's go to the nurse's office." he said. "Should have all we need." he went on.

"...been poked and prodded and worse in the past. Losing a little blood is nothing." he then reasoned, as he stood up. "And if this can help me, then I'll give you all of my blood."

Levi looked over towards her, and nodded.

"Y... yeah." he said.

"I do." he told her.

"The voices... they... they're quiet now." he told her further.

"But... but how?" he then asked her.

"How did... what... what ARE these?" he asked, looking at the container again.

Levi was silent for a moment, before he looked at Kiah.

"....mm?" he mumbled.

"These can... do that?" he asked.

She just smirked again, and with a light nod, she sold him. He took the two that he had in his hand, and downed them quickly, before pausing a moment.

He then leaned forward returning to his usual position, but was quiet now.

He remained like that for close to 3 and a half minutes, before she saw a very slight change in his eyes. They went from quivering and shaking, as well as shrunken pupils, to a moment of calming realization.

And she knew what that meant.

The boy seemed to not notice her at all. At least, not at first. He was bust muttering and mumbling to himself... but she could tell that he seemed to be having a conversation.

Or an argument. And not with himself.

However, when she rattled the container, and spoke to him, he suddenly jumped, clearly on edge.

"Huh!?" he exclaimed.

"O-oh..." he said, accepting the container and shaking out a couple of the contents within.

"Sorry..." he apologised.

"I forgot to brush my teeth this morning." he said quietly.

Gerard froze for a moment when she asked her question, and Dianna chuckled.

"He is." she told her.

"D-Dianna...!" Gerard stammered.

"Advanced Practical Chemistry." Dianna told the woman.

"I believe that's.... two periods from now." she then added.