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There's a total lunar eclipse two weeks later, the first one since January 2001. That semiquarter and most of the next pass without much more noise. Jackson is occasionally sad because of his dom's electric toy, and he's occasionally more stripey than he wishes to be, but there's not a whole lot Sadde can do about that. Against his hopes, Mason doesn't dump Jackson, and nothing gives.
Sadde continues socializing with people, but no one new. And as the semiquarter approaches its end and summer break gets closer, Sadde receives an email from Tobias, saying that he fully expects his daughter to come home and tell everyone all about her first half year at magic school.
The email tells Sadde to behave.
Sadde is not in a good place.
Sadde and Isabella in Eclipse
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"I think it's sorta the standard amount of time for an exercising session? Perhaps for this reason."
"I keep hearing, like, twenty minutes three times a week or something."
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"Huh. Maybe I'm wrong, then. It doesn't work at all for me until I hit the thirty-minute mark, though, and only does so reliably after forty. The feeling-really-good-about-myself-after-e
"Huh."
Jackson considers this. "When?"
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"I dunno, I don't have much of a schedule, we could go today after class? Or tomorrow before lunch, I don't have morning classes at all tomorrow."
"I don't either, I guess that works, you might have to remind me at breakfast though."
Jackson manages a little smile.
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Ooh! Little smile! That's good! "I usually like to jog or run around town when I do that, you cool with that or do you prefer something else?"
"That sounds okay. I dunno if I can run very fast."
"'Kay."
Jackson indeed comes along the following morning, although it seems like this might have to do with not being able to come up with a good excuse on the spot.
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Sadde'll take what he can get. He has also read that exercise helps with depression ssooooo there's an ulterior motive here but he's not gonna tell Jackson that.
Jogging!
Jogging!
Jogging. It is tiring. Jackson looks dehydrated.
Now it's half gone.
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That's alright, they're doing pretty light exercise and Sadde himself is in fairly good shape (with maybe some magical help, but he's not above cheating) so doesn't really get dehydrated enough that he needs the water, and it'll be there when Jackson asks for it again.
It is gone entirely after the next time.
But Jackson does not outright bail, although he does slow to a walk and pant a couple times.
But Jackson does not outright bail, although he does slow to a walk and pant a couple times.
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That's alright, too, Sadde's happy that he came along and if at some point before the planned stopping time he decides he's had enough they can just walk back to campus.
That sounds good to Jackson. He doesn't look endorphiny or anything.
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...well, he had to try. He's not gonna be the annoying cheerful trainer who goes all 'That was super fun!!!! We should do it all the time now!!!!!!!!' but he will ask, "So, how're you feeling?"