The teacher looked at Estie, then back at Melody. She tried to explain more explicitly.

"Estie isn’t ignoring the children, but as soon as they approach her, she keeps screaming."

Melody noticed that several children who were being taken by their parents were looking in their direction, whispering while walking away.

From what the teacher said, Melody could more or less guess what those little ones were talking about.

"Estie just arrived at school. She’s just a little wary of the students. I