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[handwritten] using the network for fun and academic profit

[Danny's number is hastily scrawled across some paper--even just from seeing it you can tell how thin and crappy it is. More importantly, though, it has the following printed on it.]

[To the side, the handwriting is messy and frantic.]

quick, somebody tell me the answer to this question I only have 2 minutes left for it and I have no idea what any of these mean!

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[An arrow is drawn to what Killian sees as the test]

reasons I'm glad I was homeschooled

what, you don't have to take college aptitude tests if you're homeschooled?

well if I wanna get into college maybe but

well lucky for you.

hey man the GED test was no picnic. that's my equiv of a high school diploma

Well I hope you enjoy your GED, I'll be over here flunking the SATs.

could always not bother with college? I mean you're a ghost boy.

[Danny had already calmed down a little from the initial horror, but for some reason this starts a fresh wave of despair. The full magnitude and implications of this echo are starting to hit him. He's sitting here curled up in a bathroom stall trying not to puke again, but it feels like his whole life is going off the rails because of this.

Thank god this is via text.]

Yeah. You're right, I'm probably not cut out for college anyway. I should just stick to

[what, saving people? Playing hero? Danny feels sick just thinking about it, knowing now exactly the kind of monster he turned into. ~~(will turn into? oh god)~~]

not doing anything.

[See, Killian? Accepted long ago that college wasn't for him. He knows it's a big deal for some people, but not for him.]

not not doing anything, I mean you should def do something. college isn't for everyone though. maybe you'd do better going for some certification or something.

Maybe. I don't know. I guess I could try it.

[honestly he's not really interested. He's kind of too busy focusing on the future he remembers to think about the future he could make.]

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