An Unscheduled Lesson
Cast:
Cure Pine, Yamabuki Inori - age 21
Nakamura Yoshiko - Inori's mentor - age 60
Sadou Keima - Sasorina's brother - age 22
June, 2015
"Yes... I see. I'll be right over."
The old woman hangs up the phone and turns to Inori.
"I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to end my office hours early today. Do you have time to come along? It might take several hours, but I can promise you'll learn something. I could even try to answer some of your questions along the way."
"Professor, what was that call about?"
The woman smiles, her grey eyes twinkling. "What else? There's an animal in trouble."
There was indeed time for Inori's questions to be answered as the Professor drove them both to Grand Printemps Boarding School. An employee led them to the stables, where one of the horses was in obvious pain. What followed was messy, and took over an hour. At the end, both Inori and her mentor were covered in mess, but there was also a healthy newborn foal and a mother mare that would most likely survive.
The stablehand scratches his head bashfully. "That was- I thought I knew horses, but I've never seen anything like that!"
The professor shakes her head. "Young man, one assumes that you've been a human for your entire life. You still call a doctor when you get sick, no? We specialists exist precisely because there are so many things that can happen that never crop up in our day to day."
The man turns to Inori. "You were pretty impressive too, Miss..."
"Yamabuki Inori."
"Miss Yamabuki, I'm sure the Professor is glad to have such a capable assistant."
Inori waves her hands. "Oh, no! I'm just her student. I was only invited along because I happened to be nearby when you called."
"Well, you still saved our bacon. Rather, you saved our horses. I can't really offer much in return, but would you like to meet the others before you go?"