Even in high school I knew I was different. Or maybe especially in high school I knew I was different. I think I scared the kids there, made them feel dumb. I was a 12 year old prodigy in a Las Vegas public school. I knew more than most of my teachers. I think there were days they wanted to lock me up in a locker and walk away. It's not their fault ( Read more... )

[Scattered all 'round the room are pieces of paper covered in scribblings. Reid is sitting off to the side of them writing near the bottom of the wall. The length of it from about six feet up is already covered in sharpie. His hair is standing on end and he's clearly been at this for a while]

If you generalize...

I don't...that doesn't...

[He ( Read more... )

[The video flips on and shows Reid at a table in the library. He has a bunch of apples next to him along with a bag of carrots. He's munching on an apple, occasionally taking a bite of a baby carrot then switching out for the apples. He's reading a book--very quickly--on vegan lifestyles. His nose is twitching as he reads, occasionally he reaches ( Read more... )

The library here is fantastic. I've been wandering around the stacks for hours.

Can anyone tell me about the Academy? I've found a little information but not much. I'd like to finish my Philosophy degree and maybe teach there.

[action! for the library is a go if anyone finds themselves in it]

[There's static for a moment and then the video function of the device clicks on. A very feminine hand can be seen. The person in bed stretches, mumbles and rolls over, nudging the device in the process. It pans out to reveal a shock of bright pink hair. After another moment the person in bed sits up, scrubbing first at her face and then her hair. ( Read more... )

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[The video shows Reid poking at the device, pushing buttons. His brow is furrowed and his bangs are definitely in his eyes. There seems to be a slight tic, his eyebrows knitting together and then relaxing repeatedly, as he attempts to figure out what's going on here.]

I-I can't seem to figure out--

[He tucks back hair that's really no longer long ( Read more... )

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