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Edward Penguin 
He laughed quietly as she struggled to ask him a question. "Of course I do. Why wouldn't I take an interest in you, Nia?" She seemed rather nervous, so he asked "Are you ok? You seem a little off." He took a bite of roll while he waited for her answer.
"Well, I'm glad you have something you love to do besides school work."
He chuckled. "Just Nia? There's more to you than just Nia." And when she continued on after him, he told her jokingly "well, what am I better at than the amazing Nia?" He was having fun for the first time in a while and smiled watching her.
Nia pulled a face with a small frown. One of those almost comical puzzled faces. "A good question, that is," she responded after a moment's thought. "One that could be equalled with why would you? Buttttt, that's probably irrelevant." She took another mouthful of dinner. "And it's fair you want to know what's been happening in the world of Nia, it just seemed weird it being that way round, you know, considering..."
As he asked if she was okay, Nia nodded. "Course I am," she said with a smile.
Just a bit muddled for some unknown reason, she added to herself. "I guess it's just been a bit of a shock. For er, both of us."
She shook her head. "How can I be more than me? I am a whole, and a Nia, and that is me," she said trying to hold her side as it were. Not that there really were sides, but she didn't see her self as amazing. She almost scowled at that. Almost.
"You're better with emotions and as a friend than me. You see the good in people. Though not as perhaps technically advanced, you know where you're capabilities lie, and in some walks of life that's as important as anything else," she listed quickly.