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Posted: July 18
From: Li Tieguai

Good afternoon, everyone. Please excuse my change of name: this is Cho Hakkai.

I appear to have reappeared. Although I don't want to give undue hope to anyone who's recently lost a god or shinki, I'd like to announce that my classes will be continuing as usual.

To those who were living upstairs at the school the past few days, I expect you to help me clean up the mess. You know who you are.

[There are animal cracker crumbs everywhere.

And apart from that he's just not going to mention the events of last few days. At least he wasn't an actual child, but....]

Does anyone have an idea what might have caused it? I'm certain I felt something in the air for a few hours before it happened.

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I hadn't known there was a school here, besides the training, sometimes. What do you teach there?

Huh?! B-but that's not fair!

[He was so happy to see you too!]

I have training with Izumo and stuff like that.

The only one who got injured was me, but no need to worry. It's already healing.

But I'll be sure to call on you next time if I need medical assistance.

I can schedule it with him.

[This is important! He'd feel like a delinquent teacher if he let Goten get away with remaining uneducated.]

Oh dear. I'm sorry to hear that. Please feel free to.

Ah, come to think of it, I realized that Goten should be studying reading and basic arithmetic at his age, not just battle techniques. What does your training schedule with him look like?

No, that's okay! That's okay! Really! We both train a lot together and uh, I donno if I have time for school stuff like that. It's okay, Hakkai, don't worry about it. Don't you have a bunch of other people to teach stuff too?

[Please don't get Izumo or Aymeric involved in this. Darn you Gonou]

They were children's traps. You probably did.

I'll be over shortly.

She's been dead for years.

She was never

[-- it's funny how the text breaks off in the middle of a sentence like that, where his hand flinched on the send button, isn't it? Don't mind him.

He's just abruptly remembering a certain face, from a certain zombie attack, and having the awful realization that She was never here isn't the truth after all.

It'll be a few moments. He needs to sit down.]

Personally, I teach remedial kanji and a few different levels of math. Our other regular teacher teaches reading and the English language.

We may be able to tutor other subjects on request, depending on our understanding.

[Too late.]

Oh, I'm sure it'll be no problem! Goten, fighting isn't all you need to know how to do, you realize.

[He totally did not. Several have been left in place for Chikusa to handle, not because Hakkai couldn't find them, but because they looked annoying to dismantle and Chikusa is responsible.]

For a child's traps, they're quite ingenious.

See you soon.

How many levels of math are there? What sorts of things have people requested in the past?

[ Oh. ...Well.

Shit. ]

I'm sorry.

[ He still neither likes nor trusts Hakkai (going from shinki to god? There's something suspicious there), but Gonou seemed like a good kid. ]

[Hakkai, why are you doing this to him? You're suppose to be his friend!]

I know but reading isn't going to help me with ayakashi or anything.

[Let him pout, he'll get over it later]

Fighting is way more fun. I don't get why you and Gonou care so much about it...

Elementary arithmetic, middle school algebra, trigonometry and previously calculus.

Most of the requests have been for practical subjects, like household budgeting or cooking.

[He's very glad this is over text. The only thing it can't hide is the fact that it takes him a few minutes before he can type a reply. He's spending the break stroking Jeep's head with a forefinger as the dragon cheeps with concern at him and shifts around to nose at his cheek; it helps him get himself back under control.

He hadn't recognized her. That's the worst part.]

Thank you.

I hope you didn't run into too much trouble as a child?

What if you wanted to read about a new spell? Or how to make plans to fight a war?

Strength isn't everything!

[How genuine are you with that apology, Hakkai.]

Currently, there's no training schedule since I'm injured, but we usually [Insert dates and times here.] do it on these days. I'm more than happy to send him to you for classes. He might try to run, though.

Apparently I was a tough little brat.

[ He wants to ask more about her, and about where Hakkai had been hiding his limiters as a kid -- maybe as an ankle band or something? Because he sure hadn't been wearing his earrings -- but out of pity, if Hakkai wants to change the topic then Gojyo'll change the topic. For now. ]

Thanks for feeding him. Or me. However that works.

I've learned three spells without reading and i donno about the plans for fighting a war.... I like fighting myself not telling other people what to do...

[That makes sense right? He's starting to get the feeling he's not going to get out of this. How do you argue against Hakkai?]

[Suddenly, Mama Aditi is here, her voice soft and only slightly scolding.]

Learning new things is an important part of growing up, Goten. Reading will help you do that.

[Not what he was expecting. No Sharak, not you too! Don't team up with Hakkai on this...]

Sharak?

[FROWN]

But I learn new stuff everyday, just not from books...

Of course, and there's plenty you can't learn from books. [She's not a total nerd. Sorry, Hakkai.] But there's plenty you can learn from them.

Besides, if you learn with Hakkai, we can read together as well.

Why shouldn't I? It's just a little work. I'm the goddess of domesticity, cleaning is part of it.

[He has that a little wrong, but close enough, as he starts rooting through drawers looking for chopsticks.]

Yeah, it sure does. It's good to have you back.

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