the start of a quiet rebellion | Glowfic Constellation

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Very logical.

This novel is about coming of age as someone really really unsuited to magic whose parents are both mages!

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Huh.

There is a lot of incidental social pressure to Be A Mage Anyway but through the metaphorical magic of self-actualization and people who care about him he chooses not to unwisely tie his brain in knots!

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Good for him!

That does seem to be the moral of the story.

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Yes.

Intro chemistry! They are currently doing stoichiometry, with no context for what chemicals are.

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Well that makes for a fascinating lesson.

He will know the names of several elements and compounds and how the latter are made up of the former with no explanation of what either actually are!

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So many things to look up later!

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And next he has a class on how magic fucks with your brain!

Odette is there!

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Yes she is!

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She waves him over.

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He sits by her.

"I'm learning so much!"

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"What've you learned so far?"

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"History! Literature! Magic! Science!"

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"All good things! Here you will learn psychology, which is kind of confusing! I will try to provide context for things."

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"Thank you!"

powerispain

It proceeds to be a psychology class. They are discussing an inconclusive study regarding the relative mental effects at varying levels of resistance; the study suggests that recklessness frequently results from really high resistances that brings the total effect on one's mental state closer to baseline than most people with merely moderate resistances.

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It's fascinating that there is a science for this. There's a science for everything! It's a science fantasy universe!

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