“Thank you, Professor,” Padma replied graciously. Professor Sinistra’s protectiveness about her telescope was well known. Students never got to touch it. “I’ll be really careful with it,” she assured her Professor with a small smile.
“Not much of a problem, no,” Padma told her. It was a white lie. Though, actually, as far as things had been going lately it really hadn’t been that bad. Setting down her small bag, she moved over towards the open balcony.
“Did you have an extra credit assignment for me, Professor?”