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So, question. Does anyone have a thing that charges things up? I need to figure out if I've made a functional lightcycle or if it's just a pretty but useless baton.

It was that or find a salad to laugh into. [That part's quieter; she probably didn't mean to broadcast it. Either way, Claudia would like some help with a thing pls.]

If it's working, I'll start taking requests. Only a couple at a time, though, I need to make sure I have time to... you know. Eat and sleep.

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I 'just' grew up around computers. I 'just' grew up putting random stuff together to see what I could make it do. How's that different? How's there no calculation in figuring out how much material you're going to need to make something? In taking measurements for someone's clothes? How's there no logic in deciding what color combination to go with?

Ah. The school trap. School's good at one or two specific things, and one of them is telling people Smart is Good Grades. Two of the smartest people I know had no formal schooling. Would've been barred from it, in fact. [It's only a guess when it comes to Mrs. Frederic, but Claudia knows she's older than she looks, and it's not far from there to 'may have been freed as a child.' If she was lucky enough to go to school, it probably wasn't a very good one.]

The fact that it doesn't come naturally to you means you have to work harder at it. The fact that you're putting the work in anyway means you might actually understand it better out the other end than someone who doesn't have to try so hard. We can take it for granted sometimes.

I... no, that's not right, I'm...

[His mind's racing, conflicted. He might just have his head in his hands, here.]

Y'... you don't have to say that. Not for me.

Why not? It's true. You have a good head on your shoulders. Does it really matter if the stuff you apply it to doesn't get you straight As?

Or... whatever the Japanese equivalent is.

[There might be a slight hint of a laugh there. Not much of one, but...]

...dunno. Depends.

What does it depend on?

[He's kind of pushing away a bit, here, not quite breaking the connection but it's shaky. Sure, he understands she's trying to help, but ...]

Gotta get through school. Got in there in the first place, right? An' if I want t' go to college, kinda thinkin' about it but ain't sure... they're gonna care... I know it ain't everythin', but...

Think really carefully about college before you commit. I tried it because I thought it was what I should do and it sucked.

...wait, got in?

Yeah, I didn't think I wanted to go at all once, didn't think I was gonna need it, but kinda been wondering... uh. Y'know, high school entrance tests?

Oh, right. Not really a thing in the States, we're more interested in testing people to make sure they're ready to leave...

Actually. Now that I think about it, Japanese high school entrance exams are so hellacious I've heard horror stories about them. And you got in on the first try? That's gotta count for something.

You don't? Huh. Yeah, it was damn tough, still dunno how I managed sometimes. I ... kinda hadn't had a good year comin' up to it.

No, we assume if you made it through the year before you're probably okay. And in some states it depends on standardised testing, which is a giant crock of shit anyway. All that measures is how well you take a test.

You pulled it off, though. That's the important thing. Keep plugging away like that and I think you'll be just fine.

Heh.

[He 'sounds' a little more optimistic at that.]

I can do that bit, yeah.

That's all I'm asking. I'm sure I'm not the only person sitting here going 'dude, you're smart,' but that kind of perception switch takes a while to really sink in.

[Still, one more voice in the choir can't hurt, right?]

[Well... okay, she's guessed that right.]

...Thanks.

No problem.

Still down for lightcycle nerding sometime. And I want to see some of this fabled cute shit.

[...Yep, that's picked him up again.]

Now we're talkin'. ...Uh. Thinkin'. You know.

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