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Languages, 10/26

To his Classics students, Dream delivers a lecture on Koine Greek. After he is done, he puts forward a question for discussion: What were the benefits of Koine as an international language? Are international languages still valuable?

For his Languages of Asia students, he passes out calligraphy paper, pens, and a primer on Chinese writing. Work on understanding why Chinese is written as it is written, and on copying the characters showin in the handout. Next week, you will move into writing with understanding.

Again, there are no classes on Friday. I will see you all on Monday.

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Anders has a definite need for coffee today, but he nods over at Sam anyway. "Hey, Carter."

"Hey, Anders. How're you?"

By way of an answer, he smiles sleepily and waves one of his cups of coffee at her. "Frakkin' exhausted, but good. You?"

"I'm good." She smiles. "Careful about all that coffee. People'll end up thinking you're Doctor Jackson."

"Oh, and congrats on the Pyramid thing. You must be really excited, huh?"

He smiles and nods, and takes another gulp. "The coffee thing is Zero's fault and she admits it. As for the Pyramid thing, yeah. I'm gonna be worn out by the time the scouts get here, but training is good. It's great having Thrace around to train with, too. We tend to push each other more."

"I know exactly how that works. Unfortunately, my coffee addiction started long before I got here."

She nodded, remembering how many times she and Daniel had played off each other intellectually. "It's good that you have someone to challenge you--have you considered teaching other people to play? They might not be great at it, but they'd be other bodies in the way."

He nods back, and offers her a gumball. "Courtesy of the built-in gumball machine in my door, and Bridge, who put it there. Yeah, definitely. We've already had several people ask. Someday this week --" he grimaces -- " I'll get to the dean's office and get clearance for a team. MacGyver already agreed to sponsor it."

Sam takes the gumball and begins chewing. "Thanks. Uh...why did Bridge install a gumball machine in your door, or is that a stupid question?"

"I didn't know Mac had done that. It's cool that he's sponsoring it ~~and I'm sure he's not just doing it so other people can adore the mullet in a group setting.~~"

He grins. "He used a gumball machine as part of the new lock I asked him to install, and figured he might as well let it do its thing. It won't work for you if you don't have a code for the door, though. Also, he says it'll send anyone without a code through locker 327. Or the basement."

Gulping more coffee, he adds, "Yeah, I asked him in shop last week, since I wanted to know if we could use the Danger Shop to build some stuff for the court. He was cool about it ~~and I don't think the mullet came up in the conversation anywhere~~."

"I'll have to stop by and see it sometime, if you don't mind," Sam said, laughing. She also made a mental note to talk to Bridge. Maybe he'd like to help out on the Jeep motor.

"What do you have to build? I'll be in there on Thursday afternoons generally, so I'm kind of happy about the idea of having company. He seems nice, so far."

"Yeah, sure, any time. Just don't touch it unless you want an unplanned trip. I guess that's what happens when Bridge gets his spare parts on campus." He doodles a little bit in his notebook and adds, "Nothing really fancy. Just a goal and some freestanding panels for the edges of the court. But they've gotta be sturdy."

"No touching the gumball machine door lock. Gotcha."

"Hmm. There's a junkyard in town where you may be able to get spare parts, if you're looking to throw something together."

"Yeah, I keep meaning to go down there and check it out, but I keep getting distracted . . ."

"It's a cool place. I found a classic motorcycle and a Jeep without an engine, so I've got my projects for the winter."

"Awesome." Anders makes a mental note to tell Bridge about the junkyard, since the poor guy looks so lost without a project on his hands. "I'll definitely try and check it out sometime this weekend. Thanks."

"You're welcome."

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