A pile of papers she wasn't sure she would ever get done in her lifetime. Mind you with an infinite lifetime that amounted to a large amount... exaggerated but still it was quite a bit for so early in the semester. Maybe she gave to much? That couldn't be it... the students much just be overachievers... or trying to spite her with huge papers. Well at least they were doing some work. They weren't wasting their lives entirely. That was always a good thing. Right?

She stopped for a five minute break after about the fifteen gagillionth paper. There was a bench near the building where she could sit outside and have a small snack. She sat her bag down next to the bench and ate a small apple. At least she had worn a light sundress and sandals today to match the weather. It was not super hot outside but it was warm enough that she was glad for her choice of wardrobe despite how cold it could get inside the building. It was quiet out... the young woman watching as a few people passed by on their walks across campus thus far. Some she recognized, some she didn't. She had gotten used to that.

She could feel a weight on the bench beside her as someone else had sat down. She just gave a simple hello and continued to bite at her fruit. She had given herself a half an hour time slotted for a break before the next class she was forced to teach. It wasn't that she didn't care about the students or thought what she was doing was pointless. It was just tiring and frustrating... especially realizing that she had several lifetimes of practice in control and many of these young people didn't (and would never) have that luxury.

"20 minutes left," she said more to herself than any person in particular. She had 20 minutes left to 'dawdle' before being drawn back to work. Sometimes she wondered why she came back to civilization. The thoughts quickly left her though as solitary life was not all it was cracked up to be. The blonde pushed her hair back behind her ears as she sat on the bench.