Hearing Nicole's declaration, Guidance and I looked up and up and.... well, up.
Damn, this was really high up...
"Impressed?!" Nicole bragged in a way that it was as if her cuffs weren't even on. "This is just the most important building of them all! And I'll be a part of it too someday!"
"Only if you behave and actually do your paperwork," Lewis sighed at the proud woman before turning to us. "Apologies. I assure you that not all Marqueans are like miss Alset here."
"Well, yeah," the captive Nicole snorted up in pride. "Not everybody's a genius of my caliber."
"A genius that still cannot pass the Academic Admission test then," the Academic chuckled. "And here I was trying to help you save face."
"Wai-Wha- How do you know that?!"
At Nicole's stuttering, Lewis simply flashed a knowing grin and replied, "I'm an Academic. I know who gets admitted and who tried to enter. And I've been seeing your name pop up on my desk for years now."
"Wait, what?!"
