The professor looked a little distracted, but Helios was too. It looked as if the young prince was playing cats cradle. Strings on each finger terminated in a ball of light that hung between his hands. Two marbles balanced on the strings, one green/blue, the smaller one a dull gray.

"Jan twenty eighth, twenty ninth..." The boy with hair that shined like the orb muttered, shifting his fingers only slightly, rotating the smaller beads.

Obviously not paying attention, Helios bumped another student with his shoulder. "Sorry." He offered.