Marianne still struggled with people. Being around them didn't come naturally to her and from time to time she found herself unable to think of the correct words to say. But, the Golden Deer were more than simply people, they were as close and dear to her as her family had been. That's why rather than pull away, Marianne reached to hold Lorenz's hand, fingers curling against his. It seemed like he had been dealing with this situation far longer than she had. "As you are mine." She quietly confirmed. Who but he could understand the precarious position that the young nobles of the Leicester Alliance was like?

"Yes, Professor chose to teach us." She nodded. "We were returning to the Monastery after defeating Nemesis at the Caledonian Plateau." It seemed odd to even question that it had happened but from what Lorenz was saying, not everyone recalled the same.