A Teacher for Laynie: Mystery at the Academy (Part 2)
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*Misha looks back, a bit embarrassed.*
"Hey, why's your hair white, elf lady? In the picture books, elves don't have white hair. Well, not the wood elves or the high elves and stuff."
*Laynie glances over what they're working on now.*
"Oooo, flow diagrams! Those are like the only thing in that class that was any fun!"
"Hey, why's your hair white, elf lady? In the picture books, elves don't have white hair. Well, not the wood elves or the high elves and stuff."
*Laynie glances over what they're working on now.*
"Oooo, flow diagrams! Those are like the only thing in that class that was any fun!"
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*Laynie glances at the diagram, pulls out a red crayon, and draws three lines connecting the eldritch flows.*
"That's how to draw it. Are you looking for the net mystical energy here? The answer is 3rd Circle Fire meets 4th Circle Air."
"That's how to draw it. Are you looking for the net mystical energy here? The answer is 3rd Circle Fire meets 4th Circle Air."
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*Misha is still staring at the paper, mouthing to herself silently as she goes through the problem in her head, trying to follow through, until she eventually convinces herself that Laynie's answer is correct.*
"Little one, that's amazing," Misha praises, "How do you do it?"
"Oh it's easy, Miss funny-hair elf. You just write it down on the paper--you can do it too if you had a crayon. Now it's hard to write real nice like the scribe people who write the books, so I always try hard to write better and make my letters look nicer."
"No, that's not what I mean. I mean how did you solve the flow diagram?"
"Oh, well that's the only way that has the right answer, so it had to be right."
"Well, I think I see what you mean, Vanitri."
"Huh, what does he mean? Mister Vanitri's not mean. He's a nice person who helps people. There are lots of mean people, but not Mister Vanitri. Mister Vanitri's so nice. I love him. He helped me when I had nobody else left."
"Well, that was very sweet of 'Mister Vanitri'."
"Yep! He's the best! He even said he would protect me no matter what when we talked about the boring book about magical ethics."
"Well, so you don't think you could give any advice to us about how to solve those flow diagrams."
"You bet I can! You'll get all the points for sure!"
"Really? That's great--what should we do?"
"Well, every time they ask a question, make sure to put the right answer, okay? That's very important. If you draw a picture of a doggie, they don't give you any points. If you always put the right answer for every question, you'll get all the points for sure!"
*Misha turns to Vanitri sheepishly.*
"Little one, that's amazing," Misha praises, "How do you do it?"
"Oh it's easy, Miss funny-hair elf. You just write it down on the paper--you can do it too if you had a crayon. Now it's hard to write real nice like the scribe people who write the books, so I always try hard to write better and make my letters look nicer."
"No, that's not what I mean. I mean how did you solve the flow diagram?"
"Oh, well that's the only way that has the right answer, so it had to be right."
"Well, I think I see what you mean, Vanitri."
"Huh, what does he mean? Mister Vanitri's not mean. He's a nice person who helps people. There are lots of mean people, but not Mister Vanitri. Mister Vanitri's so nice. I love him. He helped me when I had nobody else left."
"Well, that was very sweet of 'Mister Vanitri'."
"Yep! He's the best! He even said he would protect me no matter what when we talked about the boring book about magical ethics."
"Well, so you don't think you could give any advice to us about how to solve those flow diagrams."
"You bet I can! You'll get all the points for sure!"
"Really? That's great--what should we do?"
"Well, every time they ask a question, make sure to put the right answer, okay? That's very important. If you draw a picture of a doggie, they don't give you any points. If you always put the right answer for every question, you'll get all the points for sure!"
*Misha turns to Vanitri sheepishly.*
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"Uhh...okay. I guess I don't know how to say it very well. I'm sorry, Miss elf-lady. Let me think...Well, if you want to get the right answer, then you look to see which one is right, and you write it down, but you make sure not to write down one that is wrong."
"But don't you have any solving strategies, little lady? The professor spent at least twelve hours of lecture explaining the various techniques used to determine ley lines and flow diagrams, and then the exceptions to those techniques."
"I dunno. I just look at it and then put the only answer that works, since the wrong answers won't work. I'm sorry. Mister Vanitri, am I doing it bad?"
"But don't you have any solving strategies, little lady? The professor spent at least twelve hours of lecture explaining the various techniques used to determine ley lines and flow diagrams, and then the exceptions to those techniques."
"I dunno. I just look at it and then put the only answer that works, since the wrong answers won't work. I'm sorry. Mister Vanitri, am I doing it bad?"
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"Uhhhhhhhh...because the other ones don't...do you want to try another one and I'll show you it's wrong?"
*Misha proposes a few other likely-seeming solutions, and Laynie quickly shows how countercurrents, crossed flows, or interference would render each of them invalid.*
"That's excellent work, little one, but you can't possibly go through every single possible answer in your head--even for the simple problems, that's on the order of 17 million."
"I think there's sixteen million seven seven seven thousand two hundred sixteen of them for that problem."
"Okay, so you can't go through all of them, at least I'd imagine?"
"Right, mostly I just use the right answer, unless you wanna check some more?"
"But how do you solve it?"
"I just look at it and see the answer. I'm sorry, Miss Elf Girl and Mister Vanitri. Is that bad? I'm so sorry I can't help--I'm a bad helper!"
*Misha proposes a few other likely-seeming solutions, and Laynie quickly shows how countercurrents, crossed flows, or interference would render each of them invalid.*
"That's excellent work, little one, but you can't possibly go through every single possible answer in your head--even for the simple problems, that's on the order of 17 million."
"I think there's sixteen million seven seven seven thousand two hundred sixteen of them for that problem."
"Okay, so you can't go through all of them, at least I'd imagine?"
"Right, mostly I just use the right answer, unless you wanna check some more?"
"But how do you solve it?"
"I just look at it and see the answer. I'm sorry, Miss Elf Girl and Mister Vanitri. Is that bad? I'm so sorry I can't help--I'm a bad helper!"
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