fandomhigh | The Great Outdoors | Friday

When given the choice of being inside or outside, Fraser was always going to choose outside and that held true for his class as well. Today, the class was meeting down near Serenity Cove. There were no desks, no chairs, no nothing. Just one teacher, one deaf wolf, and his students.

"Good morning," Fraser said, sounding far more chipper than usual if that was possible, "and welcome to The Great Outdoors. I am Constable Benton Fraser and most of you may know me already. I'm usually the head of school security but I've also decided to teach this term. I hope you all enjoy being outdoors because it will take some rather intense circumstances to send us back into the classroom. There's far too much to do out here than there is in there."

Fraser grinned and started a slow pace, hands behind his back. "We're going to start easy today, though. This class is intended to teach you that the outdoors is more than just what you can see. There's far more than just looking at the grass, seeing animals move through the trees and feeling the wind in your hair. That's superficial and, while important, is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. There's incredible amounts of wonder and beauty if you take the time to look hard enough and to wait. Patience and time. We have that."

Someone was a bit excited about this course. Could you tell? I bet you could. "Today, we're going to start simple. We're going to introduce ourselves and then I want to walk along this area and make a note of something you hadn't noticed before. It can be anything. It can be specific or general, silly or not. It's just a simple exercise to turn your focus to seeing more than meets the eye. So, with that said, I am Constable Benton Fraser, I am a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, working a a liaison, and I've eight dogs, including Diefenbaker," he said, motioning to the wolf at his side, "and I've lived on this island for over three years. Name, class and any one fact you'd like to tell me about yourself. Go ahead."

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"My name is Lion-o, and I just finished my sophomore year," he began. "And it's pretty obvious that I'm not from this planet. I'm originally from a planet called Thundera where we didn't have a lot of water or vegetation."

Fraser nodded at Lion-o, well used to students and adults from other planets by now. "What sorts of things did you replace water and vegetation with? They seem important to almost an civilization."

"Water was a very precious commodity. I know we had water piped in from somewhere in the mountains, but I'd never seen lakes and oceans before coming to Fandom," said Lion-o. "We did have small gardens for food, but there just wasn't enough water to support large things like trees. Thundera was just a dry, hot, volcanic planet."

"It sounds like a very unforgiving environment," Fraser said, nodding. "Was it heavily populated?"

"No, we didn't have a very large population. Eventually, we had to give up and leave the planet," said Lion-o. "But the new planet they relocated to is very similar to this one."

"I'm sorry to hear you had to leave but pleased to hear the relocation was successful," Fraser told him. "Hopefully, we'll explore different things about this planet that you hadn't known and you can take the knowledge home with you when you depart."

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