"I try to be a fast learner," Sookie says, trying to give herself whatever amount of credit she can. No matter what she puts her mind to, Sookie isn't one who's easily turned away by the need to spend more time learning, practicing, or coming up against failure. School ended up being too much for her in the end, the prospect of university too daunting when she could hardly keep her mind on any single train of thought at a time, but the same could have been said of high school, and yet she pushed through. She pushed through, because it was free, because there was no excuse not to get her diploma. And these days, free of the ability, she realizes just how hard it really was, in ways that not everyone's probably capable of comprehending.

"I didn't know that there was a lot of stuff I'd have to learn before diving, though," she admits, curious. "Like what? I know how to swim, at least. I used to go down as far as I could into the ten foot pool, which probably doesn't sound all too impressive compared to diving, but... I can do that, at least, which has gotta be better than nothing."