Jake sighed, tapping his fingers on his table. It hadn't taken him long to look up and record the information about Xavier.
This kind of learning to so boring, Jake thought to himself,
I'd rather be doing something hands-on. Xavier was to the right of Jake, still practicing floating Jake's pencil. At least he had something to do. Exasperated, Jake began to stroke the little bird as he watched the clock, waiting for his next class.
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After 20 agonizing minutes, Jake final watched the clock's hand reach 11:30. Jumping from his seat, the young trainer scooped up his belongings, placed Xavier on his head, and dashed to care class. Jake smiled to himself. The day was going well so far. He had hardly stuttered at all today, and hadn't had to interact with many students. Humming happily, Jake stepped into the care classroom, taking a seat at the back of the room, away from everyone else.
"Hello everyone!" Jasmine smiled at her class. "Today we will be studying how to remove status ailments from your Pokemon outside of battle." She began to move around the room, handing out little kits with an assortment of care tools such as medicine, brushes, combs. "These kits are yours to keep, and we will be using them a lot in the classes to come. For today, however, all we will need in the medicine." Jasmine picked up a small cotton ball with tweezers and gently dipped it in the medicine. "I won't be demonstrating on a Pokemon, as that will be your assignment for tomorrow. For today, please take notes as I describe the techniques for curing various illnesses."
Jake groaned as he pulled out a notebook. Xavier continued to practice levitating the pencil, completely enthralled by the task he had been given so many classes ago. Chuckling at the little bird's determination to continue practicing, Jake settled in for a long class of note taking.