Classes at Nanakamado might have stopped, but it appeared that that wasn't about to stop classes at Kainou. In fact, it was a strange regular dose of normality in the midst of a situation that was anything but. The only reminder of the danger of the outside world was the gossip that spontaneously broke out during these breaks, and in the halls afterwards.
No, Renju mentally corrected herself, there were two. Kou was sitting nearby, as he'd offered to do at the beginning of summer, browsing through a rather hefty-looking book. The two of them still hadn't spoken much, but as things had proceeded... well, Renju would be lying if she said it wasn't at least somewhat reassuring to see someone familiar on a regular basis.
She tapped her pen against her own book a few times, then closed it and set it aside. There was still a little while before the break ended, at least, and it was getting a little difficult to concentrate on reading when there was so much else going through her head. "What do you make of all of this, Oubai-san?" she asked suddenly, looking sidelong at him; she hadn't been keeping up with the journals much lately, so she hadn't paid particular attention to that little exchange between him and Kiriko.