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Hope stared at the girl and gave a quick assessment of her. She was a first year, much like herself. However, before she could even give a verdict the girl took the seat anyway. "I guess you can because you already did. It's a free bench anyway, right?" She gave her a small smile. "I'm Hope. You are?" There she went again, being a little...weary of people.
Uh oh. Hope didn't like her already. This was not working out the way she had planned.
"It's nice to meet you, Hope. I'm Gwen." No need to give her the long name. Gwen was already enough of an oddball with her strong American accent. She didn't need to roll out the entire weird name her mother had insisted upon.
Gwen looked around for a second, taking everything in. The ceiling looked just like the night sky, and there were ghosts!
"This is so different from any school I've ever been to," she commented, trying to speak the way her mom did, with a little bit of a laugh in her voice.