So neither Tupac nor Hewinia had planned to get involved, which could not have been better.
With that, the preliminary selection for Chapters was decided upon rather quickly, even more smoothly than Phinis had imagined.
After that, they simply chatted casually.
Phinis asked Hewinia if she would join him on stage tonight for the opening ceremony of the festivity.
Hewinia replied with a forced chuckle, "I probably won't be able to make it, I still haven't finished my thesis that my mentor and Professor Arianna have assigned me. If I can't get it done, they probably won't let me go to the Second Academy, so tonight I can only stay in the dormitory to work on my paper."
Phinis detected that this was Hewinia's excuse for not wanting to participate, but did not call her out on it, and then asked Tupac, "What about you?"
"I don't have anything else going on, so I'll just accompany you to the opening ceremony," Tupac replied lazily.
