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Two mathematicians and a human
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"If he is willing to talk to me about it, not now but in a couple of years when he will know more, I would be grateful."

She is not saying that one of the things he will know more about is which of the maintenance track kids are still alive.

The lecture has started but Mari thinks Ellen plus the textbook is probably a better way of learning the material than paying attention to it. She looks around the room to see who else might be worth talking with, thinks about what she can do to get closer to Boston; they feel more like her sort of people than the bigger enclaves, although London might be an exception.

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Franklin had a lot of practice listening to lectures on things he's already read but that might unexpectedly get interesting (or where he might get called on and asked a question, though that's less of a thing in here); he listens with one ear and contemplates ways logic might be useful in spell design.

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Ellen listens for a few minutes, concludes that the lecture is not saying anything she didn't know when she was eight. The book might be better, at least the later chapters, so she reads that.

She notices Mari is taking notes. Ellen has been told that tests are sometimes on things of no importance at all that are in the lecture and that's why you have to listen and take notes instead of just reading the text, which is much faster. If Mari takes notes and Ellen learns anything new from the book,  Ellen doesn't have to attend her section on Thursday and can attend Mari's Magical History class instead. It might be interesting and if any mals show up she will be there to protect Mari. Things will be more dangerous next semester; they have to figure out a way of getting all their classes together, or as  many as they can. If they meet as soon as they have their homeroom assignments and she gets the number of Mari's homeroom,  she can pick up her schedule in her homeroom, run over to Mari's, and ...

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Franklin ends up with two columns of notes, one from the lecture and one of speculation and diagrams. Eventually they get the homework (all the even problems on page 68-70) and he writes that at the top and sticks the paper in his textbook at the appropriate page.

Ellen will have had to leave in the middle, but presumably Mari is still around?

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The class ending, Mari catches Franklin's eye.

"I'll be meeting Ellen for lunch, if you want to continue your mathematical conversations. I don't mind — it's not a language the school will try to give me spells in."

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"I'd like that; I was actually thinking of inviting you both to eat with us."

Because he wants to talk about math with Ellen and Marcy would like to meet Mari. His own impressions from eating with Buda would also be somewhat useful, but Marcy is good at that sort of thing and also somehow likes it. 

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Two minds with but a single thought; Ellen and Franklin can talk about math while she and Marcy get to know each other.

"Thank you. Yes."

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