"It naturally occurs in coffee and cocoa and some kinds of tea," Winona says.

That's not the confusing part. Maybe it doesn't feel as much like a drug but that still means it feels like a drug at all, and that's bad.

"In little doses, there's nothing to feel, I've never noticed anything from chocolate," says Julie.

"Nobody notices anything from chocolate," says Julie. "It's tiny amounts in chocolate. Only gets useful in coffee or tea."

"Useful".

"Millions of people find it useful to be more alert when they want to be," says Winona.

That really doesn't sound like how drugs work that she knows of.

"'Drug' is a very, very broad class," says Winona. "Even 'caffeine' is, because dose matters so much. People really do drink coffee because it has caffeine in it that they find useful to be more alert when they want to."

All right. That's... still pretty weird... but all right.

"Starbucks will be glad to have your approval," says Julie.

...whatever. Chess.

Chess!

She's back up to form, more or less.

Oh good.

The next day is Monday, and that afternoon they visit the school with horses! Dusk's guide takes her to biology first.

The building is prettier, though the classrooms are still unwelcoming little boxes. It helps some, anyway.

What are they doing in biology?

They are checking on their caterpillars, which are in the process of making themselves cocoons.

Ooh! Very cool.

They are told some things about caterpillars and cocoons and butterflies while they watch theirs do this thing. The teacher mentions other creatures which metamorphose, too.

Dusk listens attentively.

Then they have caterpillar and butterfly anatomy diagrams to label. She can have one if she wants.

She can't write.

Then she can help her guide fill out his if she likes.

That doesn't work either; she'll skip it.

Okay.

They don't have homework besides finishing the diagrams if they're not done (about half are).

Next class is social studies. For unclear reasons, the teacher divides them into five teams and has them all try to make fortune tellers as fast as possible.