Alistar didn't end up fishing with the others. Instead, he'd gone off to Mr. Herst's to ask the man some questions concerning some of the content that he'd been studying as of late. After spending most of the evening in his company, he'd gone home to fill out the assignment sheets that Mrs. Dawn had given him in advance for the following week's homework.
Though Alistar's days were busy and full of endless toil, it was a great distraction from the darker thoughts that constantly threatened the budding sense of normalcy that was beginning to settle in on his new life in Distan.
