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Tril snickered again. "That's one place to go, but maybe not for you. You're too squishy and soft. The rest of the woods might be ok if you weren't alone." They carefully considered Katie's chances of surviving in the woods. Not great, probably.

Then they took on Katie's face again so that they were once more mirrored twins. "You could talk to someone and then I walk up and tap them on the shoulder looking just like you. Or we just hide and jump out to scare the people kissing on benches down there." They snickered and pointed down off the edge towards the courtyard, where a couple or two would occasionally stop to sit on a bench together and be all gross and romantic for a moment.

They knew it. Even before Katie had finished thinking it through Tril could tell they weren't going to be pulling pranks together. As gullible as the girl was she was still very human, with the usual morals.

Oh well, it was worth a shot.

"Ok, what fun thing do you want to do? But I'm not doing homework or reading. Those are dumb, boring things." They replied as they clasped their hands behind their back and leaned in with anticipation in their eyes.

Who knows what Tril might have agreed to or not, but that was neither here nor there. Despite their inability to be physically loud, asking for them to do something involving sitting quietly without some kind of mischief was a lost cause usually.

They rocked back and forth on their feet as they thought about where to take Katie that would be fun but not overly dangerous. And not breaking rules, since this one seemed ready to scurry away out of fear of getting in trouble. No, that would be very boring.. and then they'd be alone again,

Two small black horns sprouted from the fake-Katie appearance Tril was using. "Have you been to the lake at night? We can go there."

"Perfect," they whispered with delight and threw an arm around Katie's shoulders. "Back down all the stairs we go," they snickered quietly and then began leading Katie back down. At a reasonably slow pace this time, since Katie couldn't move too quickly.

"I think some people swim in the water but that's dumb right now. It's too cold. Maybe when it gets warmer," they whispered idly as they made their way down the stairs. Despite the whispers they seemed to be in a pretty good mood.

Naturally it didn't take a ton of time to traverse the steps, but they did rest whenever Katie needed to. At least it was easier going down than up. As soon as they left the front door of the building Tril pointed out across the campus towards the treeline of the forest. "The lake is over there. I don't think anyone else would be there. Unless they are being sneaky."

Tril squinted at Katie. "Not in the forest. By the edge of it you really havent been out much around here have you?" They snickered and then took Katie by the hand. Pulling even before they finished answering her concerns.

"Dont be scared. It's just a lake at night. Unless you are afraid of water. Then you can be scared." Fortunately the lake really wasnt that far away. And there were no more stairs to traverse to get there.