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Flynn sat at his desk again, feet up, waiting for everyone to shuffle through and check in.

On the table near the front sat a small collection of shoeboxes, taped shut.

Once he was satisfied that everyone was present, he began class.

"Understanding computers is not just knowing how to click here, or click there. It's about knowing what your machine
can and cannot do, and it's history of why."

He grinned.

"Computers are logical. They use a system that dates back to the time of the Greeks and Aristotle, only modified
and tasked to suit the technology used today." Flynn got up and stood in front of his desk.

"So today, we're going to study logic. To that end, we're going to have a little fun." he grinned the patented Flynn boyish grin.

"I want you to partner off into groups of threes or twos, and every group gets a box from up here." He gestures to the box. "Inside each box is one
object. Using just your powers of observation and WITHOUT looking in the box, tell me what's inside it."

Flynn looked at their faces. "This means no powers as well, so don't get any bright ideas."

He watched the kids play with the boxes and waited for any of them to come up with an answer.

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Mac blinked. "You think he'd put something dead in a box for a class exercize?" she said.

Marco shrugged. "He's a teacher. But probably not."

"I guess if it's wood, it's technically a dead tree," she theorised.

"Point. So that's our final answer? Piece of dead wood?"

"You think we need to guess what the piece of dead wood looks like?" she asked, picking up the box and rocking it again so that the contents rolled back and forth.

Marco sighed. "It sounds not fully round?"

"Right. It seems quite long, with edges," she said. "A bit shorter than the length of the box, though maybe not the width."

Marco carefully twitched the box a few times. "It takes about four-five rolls to get from one end to the other."

"Without knowing how big it is, we can't really work out much else, though," she said. "Can we?" Mac sighed and rubbed her forehead with her hand, "My logical brain is on vacation today," she declared.

"We're supposed to bring our brains to class?" Marco sounded very shocked at the concept.

"Unfortunately," Mac mumbled. "I'd much rather just not be in class at all."

"That makes two of us."

"Yeah, well--" She shrugged. "Generally, that's not like me," Mac said.

Marco boggled. "You like school?"

"I like school," she confirmed. "Stops me from getting bored."

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