'Why is it always like this with him?'
To say that Celeste's interactions with Theo were limited would be a gross understatement. In reality, save for some occasional bumping shoulders while moving throughout the academy, her first real encounter with the man was back when he extorted her dinner from her.
An interaction that couldn't get any weirder, already throwing Celeste for a loop, only to then end with him giving off an off-handed comment interesting enough to put entire schools of magical thought into a frenzy.
And before even three full days could go by, she was already tasked to bring the man over to the academy's tribunal under the accusations of improper conduct and physical abuse of an academy student!
A request that the main accuser, one of the many quasi-star teachers of the academy, joyously brought up to Celeste, tasking her with bringing Theo over while commenting how it would serve as a good payback for how Theo apparently mistreated her.
Now, however?