Your pencil is a blur in your hand as you sketch out the basic form of a simple quadratic equation before factoring it, including a small sketch of the resultant graph. Instructor Lonan raises his eyebrows, hands behind his back as he watches you work. After a minute of pencil scratching over awkward silence, you explain how you arrived at your solution.
"I must admit that I'm impressed," Lonan says as he returns to his desk. "Maybe this lesson is just going too slowly for you. I'll recommend to Elder Ahote that you receive more advanced lessons during our mathematics sessions in the future."
Tiva gives you a withering look, and you smile back at her, undeterred. Some people just can't stand to see brilliance in action.
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