Dōjima was many things; stupid did not make that list.

"Same way it was going when I started here," she answered, keeping her tone light. Hi, little tapir. "I'm hoping I score a job as a TA or somewhere in town so I can stay for at least part of the summer, and then I'm off to the STN-J. I'll have to head to Japan a few times between now and then; evaluations, apartment hunting, that sort of thing, unless something comes up that Juliano wants me to do."