"I haven't heard of any," said Luisa.  "But there could be, I guess."

"I hope we find out soon," Alicia said.

"I guess we'll see what classes are like..." said Rosa.

"I'm looking forward to sparring. That'll be pretty crazy," Alicia said.

"It will be, yeah," said Rosa.  "And that's a good reason to train on your own.  You don't want those mean girls to show you up, right?"

"Yeah, but beating them would also be great," Alicia said.

"So what I'm hearing is, we start training after classes today," said Rosa.  "Got it."

"Sounds good," Alicia said.

The morning classes were fairly ordinary, if intense.  So far, nothing really stood out.  But then afternoon classes came...

The cafeteria was crowded with students... relatively speaking.  Most were blearily grabbing breakfast.

"What's good here, I wonder," Alicia said as she looked at the menu.

There was, shockingly, not even a menu!  Just steam trays full of various things-- eggs, bacon, sausages, tables of breads and fruit, a few soups, and the like.

Alicia took some eggs, bacon and toast, before going to find a table with the others.

"Okay," said Rosa.  "We got kind of a late start today, but we need to find more time to train.  There's weird things going on here, and we have to be ready."

"I agree," Alicia said, sitting down and digging in.

"Sure, but how can we train more without getting attacked by monsters?" Luisa asked.

"That is training too, right?" Alicia asked.

"Well, it's higher-stakes than usual," said Rosa.  "But it certainly makes us stronger... if we survive."

"We did survive last time," Alicia said.

"Yes, but I'd like to be able to train knowing for sure that I will," said Luisa.  "No offense."

"No, that's fair," Alicia said. "More than fair."

"We could try some sparring, or maybe target practice," Rosa suggested.

"Sure, that sounds good," Alicia said.

"Okay, let's try that after class," said Rosa.

Alicia nodded.

"I Guess the food here isn't too bad."