The shared room was enveloped in a comforting calm, broken only by the sound of Nina flipping through her notebook as she hummed, though the truth was that she was attentive to the conversation that was about to take place between Anna and Aria.
Soon, however, Aria began her explanation:
"Did you know that the library has stories about students like us who've done incredible things for this academy?" Aria asked, leaning toward Anna with a spark of excitement in her eyes.
Anna raised her eyebrows, clearly intrigued.
"Really? I didn't know that."
"Yes, though there aren't many cases," Aria continued, standing up from the bed and pacing with her arms crossed. "There are documented accounts of silver-badge students achieving such remarkable feats that they've left their mark on the academy's official records."
"What kind of feats?" Anna leaned slightly forward, her curiosity growing.