"Thank you."

Amos beams. "You're welcome! I like to think I have these gifts for a reason. Now you can go on up, I won't keep you."

Technically his reason for doing that is now gone. In fact his to-do list is empty, other than possibly finishing powers testing? But he can inquire via e-mail what to do about that and Dr. Duncan did not tell him to make sure to come back soon.

He not-limps up to his room.

There's an electric motor on his desk, along with two notes.

Jonathan,

Sorry again about that last test. Your final rating is TK-7a, Ex-3. Which is very good. You didn't say one way or the other about the motor, so I decided to just send it to you; you can drop it off at the Devisor labs if you don't want it. Have fun at Whateley!

-Dr. Duncan

The other just says CHECK YOUR EMAIL.

He will refamiliarize himself with the motor, plug it in, and park it in a corner. Because he might as well practice, and more energy is good, right?

Then check his email.

His email contains one message about how to set up and use his email account and another telling him to how to register for classes online.

Does this come with any information on required and recommended classes?

It doesn't, but the registration site does!

Recommended classes include English Lit 2, Costume Shop 1, Mutants and World History, and any of several art classes.

Required classes are Powers Theory, Powers Lab, and either Basic Martial Arts or Survival.

If he does not have to take English Lit 2 then he is not going to.

He thinks he should probably get some, like, physics and engineering or something, given the nature of his power. What sort of prerequisites does that imply adding?

The site reminds him that he'll have to take some English classes at some point, but if he does not want that point to be right now it doesn't have to be.

He can take Intro Physics right off the bat, actually. There's more advanced physics on tap, but it requires Calculus 1, and Calculus 1 requires either Algebra, Geometry, and Trig, or just Pre-Calculus. (He's marked as having already taken Algebra and Geometry. Probably that's from the Exemplar mental test.) Most of the engineering classes require Calculus Physics. Some of the really advanced ones have minimum recommended Exemplar/Devisor/Gadgeteer ratings, too.

Okay, so to get those things going, Intro Physics and Pre-Calculus. And the required classes and definitely Mutants and World History, and ... how many is he supposed to be picking?

Six to eight. Powers Theory and Lab count as one class.

Physics, Pre-Calculus, Powers, Basic Martial Arts, Mutants and World History, Costume Shop 1, and for that art class, Intro to Sculpture and Mixed Media because that sounds like something he can 'cheat' at. That's seven.

Can he get some advice somewhere on whether this is a reasonable plan?

Well, Amos is still probably downstairs.

...okay, this is plausibly the kind of thing Amos is for.

He will go down and inquire.

Amos is ready and willing to check Jonathan's schedule!

"Seems perfectly reasonable to me. You like science, huh? It's nice to see someone who isn't a Devisor taking an interest."

“Weeeeeelllllll, my power kind of is about moving and building things so I figured I need to know more about what I'm doing. Especially considering the accident. It's not exactly my what-I-want-to-grow-up-to-be but I think it'll be worth it.”

"Ah, that makes sense. Still, a lot of kids in your position would just coast on the power they have. It's good to think about how to improve yourself."

...okay he'll go full cheese.

"I'm not gonna coast, I'm gonna fly. Even if I have to figure out how first."

Amos grins at him. "That's the spirit."

Annnnd now he will go upstairs and complete his registrations.

This happens!

It turns out the Exemplar tests took a while, because it's 3:00. It's not long before boys start returning to Twain. This includes Isaac, who tosses his bag onto his bed and slouches into his rolly chair.

"What a day, what a day. Jonathan, my roommate and bosom friend, how are you."

He opens his mouth to reply immediately, pauses, then starts listing things and counting them on his fingers.

"Apparently ley lines are a thing, powers testing is dangerous, and you have entirely too many people with weird titles."

Isaac counts on his fingers in turn. "Ley lines are indeed a thing, yes. I don't remember powers testing being that dangerous, but perhaps we have different reactions to boxing gloves. As to weird titles, I haven't got a clue what you're talking about and you'll have to cite your sources."

"'Housefather', 'fixer', and yes the boxing glove which can technically be said to have sent me to the hospital."