Disappointment

"What the... Astra?" said Anina.

"Anina!" she yelled, resisting the urge to add "You're alive!"

"Astra, what do you think you're doing?"

"Well, I... I was just..."

"You were horsing around! You know you're not allowed to run in the halls."

"Actually Miss," interrupted Agra, "we weren't running."

"Well, you're still waisting your time. I am very disappointed of you."

Astra stared at her confusedly, and upset. Her hero had just told her she was disappointed of her! What had she done? Why was she reacting like this? Why, when she was a perfectly rational adult, was she letting her childish emotions get the best of her? What was going on?

"You promised your brother you would help him clean the stables today! What are you doing here?"

"Actually," said Agra, again making the save, "she didn't promise anything, she just lost a bet."

"Well it doesn't matter, you should stick to your word!" Neither of them moved, so Anina continued. "Look, I know I can't force you to do anything, but you need to understand that, as future rulers, if you make a promise, you need to fulfill it. And it is my duty as your teacher to imbibe these values into you. Understand?"

Astra nodded. She remembered Anina's speeches all to well.

Agra, however, asked "What's imbibe?"

"It means you take it in and make that knowledge a part of who you are."

"Oooooh."

"Now, would you please go? Alex is waiting."

"Alexandra or Alexander?"

"Just... go."

1. Astra and Agra made their way towards the stairs, towards Alexander and towards the stables
2. Astra and Agra made their way towards the stairs, but Agra had no intention of going to the stables
3. Astra and Agra went to look for Alexandra

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