During the night in the forest, while Emma and Solar were undergoing some aeromancy exercises that were supposed to improve her wind control, Solar asked her a question.
"If you do not mind me asking, Emma. What are your plans for this semester break?"
"I'm going with my friends to Beliz," Emma said. She eyed him and then asked. "What about you?"
Solar Blyze started to become more polite and respectful around Emma that it was almost hard to imagine that he was incredibly rude before. He didn't change overnight, but he made a conscious decision to become more amiable.
The reason why he started changing was to get Emma to like him more, and well… Emma found him a more tolerable companion now than before. So it was actually working out between the two of them.
Solar still liked making jokes and grand statements about Emma becoming a Level 10 Aeromancer and all of those things, but he also had quiet moments like this one.