fandomhigh | Basic Strategy, Monday, Period 4

As the students took their seats, they would each find a book being rather firmly placed on their desks by a teacher who had switched to modern dress for the week, though he wasn't quite sure he understood the point of his tie.

"Books," Tyrion informed them, once he'd finished the process of handing them out, "are the greatest tool there is in sharpening a mind. You may not think you need a sharp mind; perhaps you can get by on charging at things with a sword. And certainly that will work for some of you some of the time. For the rest of the time -- and especially for ensuring you have a properly full mind in a time of crisis -- there's nothing like reading."

"I am aware that there are other ways to obtain and store information on the island, but from what I can tell plain words on paper retain some popularity. Let's stick to those for the day."

"Your assignment is a simple one. Take the book I've handed you at random. Read as much as you can from it in the next half-hour. Then turn to the person next to you and have a discussion about what you read, and how you can see using the information in the future. And, sometime over the next week, pick out a book from the library or bookstore that talks about something you know nothing about, and be prepared to explain it to me when we next meet."

"If you cannot read, please let me know and we'll work out an alternate assignment." Probably it would be learning how to read, but that was a detail.

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"Not in the slightest," she said, a bit absently. "I think I need to look up half the words in this."

"Okay, so... It's useful for expanding your vocabulary?" on a subject she cared little for. Toby was clearly reaching, here.

Susan turned to him, looking at him as if she was about to ask a question and expected a good answer.

Because she was, and she did.

"Where is India and why should I care about its musicals?"

Well, that pretty much confirmed any doubts Toby had about whether Susan was from this world or not (...that was still weird, as far as he was concerned). "It's, um. A country on another continent? Pretty much the other side of the world. As for why you should care- that one's hard, if movies- or musicals- aren't your thing. Maybe- because it's Fandom and we could all wake up one day thinking we're in the middle of one?"

"You might," said Susan. "I won't."

She was relatively sure, anyway.

"Says you?"

"Yes," said Susan. She felt that was more than enough to go on.

Toby had his doubts about that; from what he'd seen, Fandom got a kick out of messing with people. "What about penicillin?" he asked, tilting the cover of his book so she could see. "Would that be more useful?"

"Maybe. What is it?"

They were slightly behind the times on the Disc.

"An antibiotic," Toby explained. "Helpful in fighting bacterial infections," he paused, not knowing what sort of medical knowledge her world had.

"Oh. That is more useful," she said, now entirely curious about his book.

"Go ahead, then," Toby offered, sliding the book over so she could take a look.

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