"I'm glad to hear it," he says a bit smugly.

Milan laughs.

"If you wish me to see if I can send you home now, before you face any further contamination, I can try that. If you decline, or if it fails--I presume from context that you wish to learn magic."

"That is my hope, yes. If not magic, science will certainly do."

"The two are far from mutually exclusive."

He grins.

"Should I then not make the attempt?"

"I believe I already mentioned that I would die."

"I wished to be as sure as possible, given the situation, and I was unsure if the possibility of immediate return would change anything," he explains. "It cost nothing to ask."

"Fair enough."

"I shall speak with the university about seeing you enrolled immediately. It's partway through the semester, so you won't be able to officially sign up for classes yet, but I can issue you a general auditing pass until then and find you a dormitory room to sleep in. And a more permanent solution to the language barrier," he reflects.

"My impromptu language tutoring from Miss Zavier was going pretty well."

"I can ask her to continue. I don't expect her to mind."

"Sounds like a plan, then, if she's agreeable."

"I will ask," he says agreeably. "I have guest rooms until then, and until I have your enrollment sorted. Is there anything you require in the near term?"

He shrugs.

"Perhaps it would be best to see if Miss Zavier is currently available, while I sort out the rest," he suggests. "I highly doubt the class she would be in right now, if she's returned to it, is particularly interesting to her."

Giggle. "Well, far be it from me to interrupt someone else's education, but sure."

Atennesi teleports them both back to the office. Odette is, in fact, not there, so Atennesi teleports them again, this time just outside the door of the classroom Milan appeared in.

Whee.

He pushes open the door. "Excuse me," he says, in Genoshan instead of Pax. "I'm afraid things have turned out to be more complicated than originally anticipated. I would like to borrow Miss Zavier again, for the moment, if I may."

The teacher is startled, but allows it without a fuss.

"Hi!" she says cheerfully to Milan. "Thank you, Mage Cohen," she says to Atennesi.

"This is a one-time pass," he says, amused. "I expect you can still excel in this class even after having missed the majority of a single session."

"Of course I can!"

"Well and good," he says. "He requires language tutoring. The majority of this will have to be done outside of class hours, but for the moment leaving him with you while I dealt with the bureaucratic ramifications of his presence seemed most sensible."