Chapter 35

What good is a long name to a queen if her king doesn't love her?

What good is a long name to a king if he doesn't have the loyalty of his subjects?

What good is a long name to a child if he loses one of his parents prematurely?

What good is a long name to a deity if he relies on humans to shelter him?

What good is a long name to a witch if she ends up burned in a stake?

What good is a long name to a warrior if he dies like every other person?

I would behave listed many more, and you will agree with me that sometimes it doesn't take a long head to wear a crown.

A person's character makes the person, not the name.

The battle they said is not for the strong, his strength might one day wean.

Miss Amara looked around the room, “today is our introductory class for the year 2090.

We're glad to have you here, the same way you must be glad you're here”, she smiled," I can still recall my first introductory class, I was a shy nerd, but it was there I met my half soul,” she gave us a dreamy look.

“ This introductory class is not only meant for getting to know each other by names or whatever. It's about learning each other, getting to know their personalities and stuff like that”.

She walked towards her chair, leaning on it, he continued," It doesn't have to be as boring as it sounds, getting to know each other is supposed to be fun and that's why I invented a game for the introductory class.

Each year I organize it for my students to make their first day less boring.

The game as I said is known and called.....the guessing game!” she fist-pumped.

I look up in surprise at her action.

 I never knew a teacher is allowed to do that.

Not that being one to say since I've not known many teachers, I was home trained and my tutors were specially chosen by my dad.

Each more uptight than the last, they leave no room for discussions and disagreements.

She continued, “It's all about your ability to tell us about your partner without asking him the questions. You supply the answers based on how your partner appears to you.

You get to tell us who exactly you think your neighbour is. your answers might be wrong, it doesn't matter. After all, it's not called the guessing game for naughts”, she smiled showing her shape pointy fangs.

“ So who's in for the game?!” she shouted excitedly, one would have thought her the students based on her enthusiastic level. 

“We are!” we chorused back at the overexcited, petite teacher.

“Good, we will go in a group. Everyone chooses a partner, it will be preferable if you choose someone of a specie different from yours. It will make it more fun for you all, trying to talk about a specie you aren't familiar with will make the game all the more fun”.