"Oh, yeah, the vents'll clear it right up after a while."

She sighs with relief. "Will it make mals stay away for a while too? Or do they not care about toxic gas?"

"Probably depends on the mal."

"They don't all even breathe."

Theun gives Nia a wry smile. "I was not very grateful for my void floor, perhaps I should apologize. Though I think my punishment was the two math classes, not the languages. Algebra is no fun, and I doubt I'll find much use for it."

"How irritating to have any classes that are meant to be ornamental only to fail!"