My goodness! That is no way to have tea! [Alice is horrified at how Jade has been making her tea thus far. She looks around.] Not a kettle... oh dear... I've never tried making tea without a kettle.

Ah! You have one! Splendid! Teasing about not having one was a bit mean, Miss Jade. [Alice set about turning on the stove and preparing the water in the kettle.]

[Alice prepares the tea, getting everything ready as she puts everything in place and then turns to Jade.]

And now we wait!

Oh yes! It's my favorite thing to drink! Nothing is quite as lovely as tea with friends! Tea fits every situation you could possibly have!

Then you've simply not had the right tea, hot or cold. [She looks at Jade and then looks at the kitchen.] Are you feeling better, Miss Jade? [She asked somewhat suddenly.]

Proper tea does not tastes like hot water, proper tea tastes changes water's taste entirely.

[She tilts her head.]

But... you said you were feeling homesick. That's not exactically a "I'm fine" sort of feeling. That's why I came over, after all. And I'm really alright... except I feel a little homesick as well.

[The whistling kettle was the signal that everything was ready and Alice went about making everything as best she could before looking over to Jade.]

Oh! Ah... well, England is a lovely place, though I've not traveled to many of the cities in it. But Oxford, that's the city in England that I live in, has the University of Oxford and is one of the oldest universities in all of England! My father is the headmaster!

The whole school! He started in a different position but now he takes care of the whole university!

What! Goodness, no! Oxford university is... well, a university! That's where you go for the best sort of schooling once you're all done with normal schools. I don't think I could go to it, even if father is the headmaster! I don't think I've ever seen a girl....

Well whether or not I'm the first isn't going to matter for some time. I would have to be older to attend.

Seven and a half! Or well... I might be eight now! Time is such a funny thing here!

You would want to be my age again? But... why! Being so little you can't do much!