[she watches Hiro draw with a pleased expression for a few moments.

and then she turns to Noah. and while she is still smiling, it is definitely not reaching her eyes, which have a weirdly intense gleam in them.]

Too bad we don't have any magic that can help us figure out who killed the student body president for sure. If we don't find out soon, the vice principal might...

[dramatic sigh]

They won't care why it happened, the grownups. They just want someone to get in trouble so nobody has to think about it anymore.

[it's fucking game time noah let's rock and roll]