I'm excited for part 3 to begin next, but I'm also excited to have a guaranteed two day weekend. HUZZAH!

The previous page being a dream Ellen was having was apparently less clear than I thought it would be. Fortunately for me, I wanted to establish that Ellen had had this dream before anyway—though teacher Nanase is PROBABLY new—so no rewriting was necessary to clarify anything.

Ellen, the last Firebender

When I imagined Ellen breathing fire, the image in my mind was Iroh from The Last Airbender. For those unfamiliar, this meant I was imagining a tongue out while fire breathing. I also imagined extra-pointy canines. Those had nothing to do with Iroh, but I'm me, so of course I did.

Neither of which really worked for the angle I wanted, so no "BLEH-FWOOSH" today.

Reminded of impending Pandora reincarnation

Why would graduation make Ellen think about how long Pandora's reincarnation is taking to show up?

The actual answer is simply that it's a chronological landmark. They're about to graduate, that implies a significant passage of time since Pandora was reset, what the heck is taking her so long?

A more convoluted—and completely incorrect—answer is that Ellen regards an immortal's reincarnation as akin to graduating. Therefore, this "new Pandora" must be negligent in her studies, and may, perhaps, be some manner of hooligan!

Should Ellen and her friends graduate prior to Pandora's return, it would almost be certain that the new Pandora would be the sort to stay up late, wear sunglasses indoors, and spoil her dinner with sweets. The thought of such an immortal showing up and having connections with her and her friends would naturally be a source of stress.

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- Tuesday EGSNP