"Okay, well," Ven hesitated for the first time.
The professor had a good point. He was coming in with vague questions, and he was going to need specific answers.
"Well, I guess, to use your words, I'm probably going to be more of the brick in the window approach," Ven said. "I'm still new here and I don't really have many friends. I'm running with a campaign mate named Nia, and she thinks it will work out okay, since no one has any preconceived notions of me, so I can be whatever i need to be."
Ven paused for a moment, trying to wrestle his train of thought under control. He decided to back up a little bit, provide the context for his campaign.
"So what I want to do is improve the resources for newer students. All things considered, I'm doing really okay here. I like it here. But I hear a lot about Reality Dissonance and other mental health issues, particularity with new students," Ven started. He pulled a small flip notebook out of his pocket.
'And one of the things i learned is how social support and forming relationships is a big preventive factor in both physical and mental health. I wasn't here when it happened, but I heard a lot about the march virus....so I guess what I'm getting at is that I want to make this my focus. It's what I've been going on. But...I don't know if I'm going in the right direction."
Ven bit his lip for a moment and looked down at the ground, and then he looked back up.
"Truthfully, sir, I'd take advice on any of those issues if you'd be willing to share, in any order. I have a whole notebook," he said.
He looked up at Ike with huge eyes.
if Ven was a puppy, his tail would have been wagging, begging at the table for a treat.