[ Yeah... maybe don't tell people about cults on a first meeting. Ala at least, seems to come from a normal enough background that she nods at the question about schools, comfortable with a uniform and knowing the different types of rooms and their general layouts as not to be surprised by them. ]

Mmhm! My school was sorta like this, actually. We don't have a lot of students, so it was all the grades in one building, and it still felt really empty...

[ Not... exactly like this, though, where the two of them are among only a handful of people left in this entire place, empty enough that their footsteps echo slightly going down the halls. Ala takes the stairs up to the next floor hopping up two at a time. ]

Spring break's usually a week or so? Summer break is a whole month! Haha, imagine if we got stuck in here all summer. [ A TERRIBLE THOUGHT. Ganba everybody if they manage to make it to summer break. ] The staff doesn't usually stay, though... the students either. Unless they're taking remedial classes?

[ She stops short in the middle of the stairwell and whips around to look at Noah. ]

-—do you think we're here 'cause we have to take remedial classes??