Final Four Months

Stone walks through the orphanage halls and smiles at the younger children innocently preparing for testing their R and 5th knowledge. He frowns as he notices that some aren't taking it seriously. Siren walks past Stone and grabs one of the boys and girls that aren't studying. They scream happily.

"Why aren't you studying?" Siren asks them with a serious expression. "We don't wanna," the little boy says with a frown. "Why?" Stone asks as he comes closer to them. The little girl frowns, "Why should we try? For who?" "Yourself," Siren says seriously. "Only you have to live with your decisions," Stone says honestly, "your parents aren't here to see what becomes of you but you can imagine that they are. Would they be happy?" They both shake their heads. "Exactly," Siren says kindly, "so to the books with you."

Siren follows Stone out of the kids' room into the tweens' room.