i_speak_softly | Fifteenth Theory [Written/Voice]

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Fifteenth Theory [Written/Voice]

[Written]
People say they are bored here... how can that be? The world is endlessly fascinating. No less so, when we are confined to a small area...

[A drawing follows.]

[A pause.]

[Voice]
Aros? Was my filter too difficult for you? [Pause. Listening.] Aros? [Pause again.] Has anyone seen Aros? He's human, maybe about 18, been here about a month. I haven't heard from him...

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I do.

He's - he's not a was, though. He's an is.

Ahhh, I see. In that case, I hope you'll be reunited with him soon. In your home world, not this one.

Thanks, Miss Nebilim.

What about you? Who did you leave behind? ... If you don't mind my asking.

Just my students, I suppose. Though, three of them are in Luceti as we speak, the fourth having left this place recently.

Then you were a teacher in your own world too?

Yes, I was. I had my own private school.

[Cautiously, not meaning any disrespect:] A whole school with only four students?

[The last private school he heard about had five hundred students.]

Oh, no, you misunderstand. There were more than four students. Though, these four... They were always the odd ones out, so to speak. It was rare to find a time when they weren't together.

Oh, I see. Four special students. [His other thoughts on the subject are firmly buried under the lid of Things You Don't Say to Teachers.]

[Now now, they weren't troublemakers. They weren't mentally challenged, either.]

Two of them were young prodigies. I should count myself lucky that I was given a chance to teach them.

[... That was not at all one of the things he was thinking.]

Can... can I ask you a question, Miss Nebilim? As a teacher, which kind of student is more satisfying to work with? The kind who needs a lot of help to achieve a little, or the kind who needs a little help to achieve a lot?

Ahh, an interesting question. If a student only requires a bit of help to achieve a lot, there wouldn't be much of a challenge in it for me, now would there? A teacher's job is to guide a student and impart as much knowledge as possible on them. I suppose the kind who needs more help is most satisfying, to me.

[But the kind who needs less help goes so much further in the end...]

Thank you, Professor.

[Oh Donatello. It's not about how far the student goes. It's about whether they ultimately achieve what makes them happy.]

You're welcome, Donatello.

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