Close? You're funny. We've only had a rivalry from the very day I started.

[Manuela chuckles. Before she came here, no one had ever quite gotten under Manuela's skin like that. She can't imagine being at the academy without him.]

Hanneman and I and our new professor friend are each in charge of one House at the Officers Academy, separated by region of origin. There's specialist training in various weapons and subjects, of course, but for the most part we take charge of their learning. History, strategy, leadership... you might say we draw out their innate talents and share some of our own, like swordsmanship.