"Better at everything? She's a wizard and you're what, a druid? That means ya should automatically be better at different stuff. I'm sure you're probably better with plants an' animals than her, she's prob'ly better with books and math... not to stereotype too much."

"No," Vadania says to Leo, "I mean like grades and social stuff and things that matter to parents. I can grow all the weed..." she looks around shiftily, "trees and shrubbery I want, they don't even seem to notice. It's like, they're always pushing her to do better than a 22 Intelligence, and meanwhile, they give me whatever, and I don't work half as hard."

Doen scratches her chin. "I don't think I've ever heard of that, no," she says. "Didn't you used to be taller?"

t'Nee shuffles his feet a bit. "I uhh...yeah. But it's not the size of the frog that matters." 

"Or at least, it wouldn't matter if it were just one of us. Or just the grung. It's been weird."

"Well, maybe if ya talked to Mialee about it y'all could get along better. And...maybe if ya took the opportunity ta stand up for her once in a while? I'm an only child tho', so forgive me if I'm speakin' outta turn."

"Yeah, but getting along takes the fun out of teasing."

Doen shakes her head. "She's not a bird or a pop star. She's a Druid. And a professor! And... actually, I never asked if she was a pop star. That's not the kind of thing that's obvious right off, is it?"