Don't Be a Hero [Thursday, 2nd Period]
Once again, they were back in an ordinary classroom, though this week Cara seemed to be napping behind the desk.
"Stories never cover the boring bits," she eventually said, without actually opening her eyes. "They don't mention trekking through the wilderness for days on end without seeing another person, or how to occupy your time when you have to be ready for something to happen but you don't know when, they just skip to the exciting bits."
"So today you get to experience that by finding something to occupy yourselves with for the rest of the class." Beat. "Without waking me."
"Stories never cover the boring bits," she eventually said, without actually opening her eyes. "They don't mention trekking through the wilderness for days on end without seeing another person, or how to occupy your time when you have to be ready for something to happen but you don't know when, they just skip to the exciting bits."
"So today you get to experience that by finding something to occupy yourselves with for the rest of the class." Beat. "Without waking me."