and glasses also, although in his case they had no lenses since he wore them simply for the learned air they gave him and for the barrier they put between him and the world. It looked as though silence would continue to reign, the boy being quiet as well, but the girl endeavoured to strike up a conversation.
“Hi, I'm Paidia,” she introduced herself.
The boy who'd arrived with her responded: “Hi, I'm
Gelio.”
The girl who'd originally been at the table muttered that her name was Amartia, and Muko stayed silent.
Then Paidia asked the question which must have been
foremost in everyone's mind: “Do you know where we are?”
The others kept their eyes down and didn't respond except for Amartia who shrugged her shoulders slightly.
So Paidia answered her own question. “I think … maybe
… we're in some kind of castle, or ... school?”
Again there was no response from the others. Paidia found herself talking because she was afraid of her new environment and couldn't bear the silence, but she was only