#shslgcat

With a spring in her step (and a significantly slower speed than before), Yumie continued on to the Talent Course campus. Meeting Uta had been worthwhile, for sure! Maybe she'd be able to find out more about her in the future and ask about her research -- cats always made for a nice feel-good piece! But the foundations of a feel-good piece simply wouldn't be enough for the next issue of the Reserve Hope Shimbun. She held herself to the same sort of standards she held the other members to, and if all she had was just a meeting, nothing exciting or newsworthy...unacceptable! No slacking off allowed for her!

Fortunately, the Talent Course was always a lucrative source of news. Always something exciting going on there! Soon enough, she'd be there, up close and personal with the excitement. The thought of that just made her more eager, and she broke into a run once more. Even though her eyes were still open, she was so focused on running forward that she barely noticed what was moving in the sides of her vision. As a result, the girl walking out of the Biology lab building seemed to come out of nowhere!  Fortunately she wasn’t on a collision course -- but still, she had to clumsily stop on a dime and almost trip right in front of her to keep from cutting her off!  How awkward!

Fortunately, there was nothing that couldn’t be recovered from, and Yumie straightened up right away, looking over at the girl who had undoubtedly just seen her skid to a stop.  “Hi!” she called, waving.  She ran up closer to the girl, and as she did, she realized that she had seen her face before.  “You’re in Morita-sensei’s class, right?  I’m pretty sure we both have a class with him at the same time, yeah, I think I recognize you!”  Still keeping eye contact, she uncapped her pen and flipped open her notebook.  “I’d take it you’re one of the more scientific talents in the class, given you just walked out of the Biology building, right?  Hmm, you’re not the cat behaviorist, I just met her, so hmmm...”