The small group of track runners stopped for a moment as Elric ran past, but after a short delay, they took off running after the young man, easily catching up to him before falling into pace by his side.
"You even missed math class this morning, is everything alright?"
Elric shook his head, trying to figure out how to do this conversation. He was already most of the way home, and had already been running for a solid four kilometers.
The young man was already a bit short of breath and now was expected to chat while still running as well.
"Some crazy dude attacked Ember, she's in the hospital right now."
"What?!"
Elric's head bobbed as he continued running.
"Yep. She's doing fine right now, I was just there talking to her."