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Cassirin
See that right there was what made Alice a hundred times more interesting than most people. She didn't just want stuff to be easy and to pass through things without trouble, but she knew that the challenge was what made the task worth doing. Even if Mo was busy glaring at the meteors, he'd rather be doing this than a boring lecture class.
Mo's nearly dropped his newly grabbed meteor as Alice came crashing into him, and his free arm went around her to steady them both. Obviously, Mo's grab at that last meteor had ruined Alice's chance at grabbing one herself, but she was taking it on the chin like a trooper. 'Cause she was such a good egg, that's why. He released her, but not before knocking his meteor lightly against her forehead and grinning at her. "I'm trying not to hurt you, but you make it awfully hard when you insist on following me around like this."
Jokes. Just jokes. "Let's try..." His eyes searched the meteors around them, and Mo thought he spotted a cluster of blues tracking slowly in their direction. "Those right there look like a safe bet. They'll probably run right into us."
This game plan to have no game plan seemed like a GOOD ONE, but the Professor's cries of distress drew their attention. What was wrong with him? Was he hurt? What a baby.
If it was possible to be steady while drifting around a planetarium with no gravity, filled with speedy meteors and her flying classmates, Alice was, thanks to Mo and his arms. She laughed a little when he knocked his yellow meteor against her forehead; however, she was quite thankful for the gear. If that helmet hadn't been slipped over her head, her face would have been bruised purple by now.
"Following you around? If I remember correctly, you're the one who dragged me over here in the first place. And, apparently, you did it with only the intent of injuring me." He got a grin, too. He was funny, y'know. Cactus could probably work that to his advantage sometime.
It was probably useful having talents other than hitting stuff with a bat and biting things, yeah?
"Okay, your call." As long as he didn't drag her away from these stars, too, yeah? Jokes, of course. She didn't mind having catch another. It meant that she got to fly around with him some more, so it was okay. Alice managed to steer him toward the patch, and since his hand was still wrapped around hers, she was dragged over as well. And he seemed to have been right, too. There were dozens of blues bouncing around in a cluster, and they seemed pretty easy to snag, too.
Unless he was going to go the other way again, because that would just be counterproductive.
"D'you want to choose a direction in which to reach in, and I'll go the same way? So neither of us misses another?"