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Lady of Light 
Valentina was almost always surprised when people full named her - not that she had any problem with it - but it felt different somehow. She immediately noticed the kitten on the chair, her face immediately brightening up. Kittens were just super cute, weren't they? Maybe she could ask her parents to get her one the next time she was home for the holidays.
"Not bad at all. I mean, even though I miss dancing full time.. it's nice to be back." She smiled at him as she goes to sit to take a seat. "How about you? How was your summer?"
It occurred to Evan as he used her full first name, that he hadn't actually tried clarifying with her before on what her preference in being called was. There was always so many options, he usually tried to be good about clarifying out of respect and yet... somehow he had missed that important step with his yearmate. And while he was embarrassed to have to question it, he'd be even more so mortified if he was unintentionally offending her.
"Do you usually go by Valentina or was there something else you preferred?" The nice thing about Evan was there was not many other options. Ev, sure, but that usually happened more organically out of closeness than a preferred way to be addressed.
"Do you still have some places around campus you can use for your dancing?" He heard people liked to use the Room of Requirement, but these domes might have also been a good option. Or even an abandoned classroom somewhere.
"My summer was good. Kind of busy, but good. I spent some time visiting extended family with my cousin and that was probably the highlight." There was nothing better than Halmeoni's cooking.