She picks up a stack of graded essays and lightly thwacks you in the arm with them. "Don't get distracted. I can only give you so much of an extension, you know. The metaphor's hardly falling apart yet."
"Now you're just playing with words. I'm hardly concerned about whether I'll survive even an end-of-the-world, since I'm old hat at those. I am concerned with whether it will leave you enough time to do the task I've set you with. Do you understand?"
"It's come to my attention that I need more experimental results to compare my own with. Therefore, I'd like to see if your conclusions are near to or far from my own, assuming they're well-prepared."
She clears her throat. "That, and it's important to any teacher that their students pass their class. It shows that they've taught the material well enough."
[Which is to say, he starts by skimming through Transitions of Vampire Society in the Modern Era, Early 21st Cen Internal Ethics Review of Human Experimentation, Early 21st Cen, On the Nature of Predators, Early 21st Cen, then Considerations on Guilt and Moral Responsibility for Actions of Others, Early 21st Cen, all of the books from the mid 20th century, and the books in the emotion section labeled, guilt, shame, and hope. He may or may not be looking to build a case for vampires not being monsters, and that Hope, in particular, is not,]
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"Oh, wonderful. What manner of 'shit,' if you don't mind saying, unless you intended that to be literal."
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[Points toward where the satellite came down]
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She pushes back from her seat, and tucks her pen over her ear. "How's the assignment going?"
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Why is this so important to you, anyway?
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She clears her throat. "That, and it's important to any teacher that their students pass their class. It shows that they've taught the material well enough."
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If you promise to look into the falling metal, I'll get to work on my paper.
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She stands up from her table, and stretches, before heading off, tucking her papers under her arm.
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[Time to crack down]
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[Which is to say, he starts by skimming through Transitions of Vampire Society in the Modern Era, Early 21st Cen
Internal Ethics Review of Human Experimentation, Early 21st Cen, On the Nature of Predators, Early 21st Cen, then Considerations on Guilt and Moral Responsibility for Actions of Others, Early 21st Cen, all of the books from the mid 20th century, and the books in the emotion section labeled, guilt, shame, and hope. He may or may not be looking to build a case for vampires not being monsters, and that Hope, in particular, is not,]