Yuna looked out from her dorm window. The rain poured ceaselessly, the steady curtain of water blurring the world beyond. A barrier had been erected around the academy and dorms on the second day after the downpour began.
Students had started dressing in heavier layers to ward off the cold. Yuna followed suit, though not out of necessity. Her body, a pure elemental structure, adapted seamlessly to any temperature. She felt the chill, yes, but it could not cling to her as it did to others. Nor did the shifting concentration of elements in the air affect her.
Walking down the hallway, Yuna wondered how her book—and the one her Heart Class had published—were faring outside. She hadn't yet read her classmates' work, for reasons she had no desire to dwell on.
...….
"We've arrived at the Lalrem Empire, Celestial Maiden."
"Indeed." The Celestial Maiden of the Celestial Tower inclined her head, her gray eyes lingering on the window.
