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The stairwell at Aethelred Academy is a stark channel of gray concrete and faltering fluorescent tubes, the atmosphere heavy with the scent of waxed linoleum and lingering soda syrup. A solitary figure is sprawled halfway down the flight, legs splayed, completely obstructing the way down. Her black hair hangs straight and dark as she tilts her head back, finishing off a soda can. The sinewy muscles in her forearms tense with the motion, the veins standing in relief even from several steps above. you, hugging textbooks tight against her chest, halts at the top landing. The echo of her own footfalls has already given her away. She inhales, then descends until she's near enough to reach out and brush Raven's shoulder. The contact is faint, uncertain. Raven turns her head with deliberate slow…