Half a Year Later

The morning air was crisp and cold. Winter sunlight streamed through the wooden windows of the school buildings, illuminating faint motes of dust floating in the air. Rows of student dormitories began to stir from their quietness with noisy chatter. Like any ordinary student, He-El stepped out of a six-person dormitory. Feeling the cold air against his skin and the temperature already beginning to drop, he slightly adjusted the body's internal warmth.