Strix smiled, visibly content with Ava’s response. The professor had his doubts at the beginning but she had proven to be perceptive and open-minded. If all his students carried those traits, he would be a very happy professor. “Never hurts to pause and think”, he remarked in agreement.
And because the woman appeared to continue the dialogue in an honest fashion, Strix too became more patient, stopped to listen. “And why is it so different out there? Because you have supernatural abilities the world does not know about?” He had plenty of experience in that department. “Or something else?”
Ava smiled lightly at him. She had to admit that she was glad the tension had seemed to die down between the two of them. She watched him carefully, and cocked her head to the side, her dark hair falling off to one side.
"That," she said. "And, I just never truly fit in out there." She shrugged. "Maybe, that's due to the supernatural side. I do get tired of moving from place to place and having to start over. But, it's a bit more than that, too. It's a stark reminder of where I came from and what happened to my family, and how I ended up here in the first place."
