[video]

[numbersnfigures]

[There's a bit of fumbling and closeup of Spencer's mouth and neck as he tries to figure out how to work this communicator.]

Oh!

[When he realizes it's on, he draws it back so that all of his face appears in the screen.]H-Hi.. everyone. My name is Spencer Reid... I work for the FBI back home. Um.. anyway.. I'm wondering if anyone can point me

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VOICE 1/2; two very similar voices. good luck telling them apart. derp.

[unholeytwin]

Ah, school. Tried that once.

Didn't quite finish.

2/2

[holeytwin]

Learnt enough to be of some use to you, I'd imagine.

twinsss

[numbersnfigures]

[He's confused. There's a pause and a slight change in intonation, which would indicate two speakers, but the voice sounds nearly identical.]

Some use how?

1/2 as the norm will probably be;

[holeytwin]

Conjuring. Transfiguration. Duplication. You name it, bets are we can do it.

[video]

[aheromade]

[And here's a somewhat quizzical looking fifteen-year-old.]

School to restore a sense of normalcy?

[video]

[numbersnfigures]

Yes. Studies have shown that after a traumatic event such as being brought to this place, it's helpful for children to return to patterns that they're familiar with as quickly as possible. School tends to be a familiar pattern for most children from Western cultures.

[video] wow my typos.

[aheromade]

Western in respect to, er, wherever you're from, may I presume?

[He considers that for a moment. Most?] Most as in...most of everyone?

[video]

[numbersnfigures]

Western generally refers to the Western Hemisphere and European countries. And yes, most children under the age of 18 are required to go to school in those areas.

[Spencer's confused by this line of questioning. This boy clearly speaks English, yet he doesn't know about school?"]

[Voice]

[isoalgorithm]

How many children are here? I saw one in the forest when I first arrived...but I don't think you'd want her in your school.

[Voice]

[numbersnfigures]

I don't know exactly. I've met two and seen several others around the barracks.

One in the forest? She might be... one of them.

[isoalgorithm]

'Them'?

[numbersnfigures]

The ones that don't live in the barracks.... I was sure they were part of some kind of a cult...

[He's starting to believe that they might actually use real magic... which is a terrifying thought.]

[beyondimagining]

A school? That sounds like a marvelous idea.

[numbersnfigures]

I'm glad you like it. I liked sch- well, I liked learning when I was a child... Still do.

[Being a 12-year-old prodigy in a public high school didn't lend much to positive social experiences at school.]

[beyondimagining]

I do like school. Very much. At home I went to the grammar school in the village.

[Will had had a rather pleasant experience in school so far, apart from being terribly embarrassed at winning few choral festivals. Being the youngest of nine children helped quite a bit there, especially when most of your brothers were grown. Or almost grown.]

[numbersnfigures]

What grade were you in? I'd like to find out a little bit about where each of the children was in their studies before they came here.

[invisibill]

Yeah, good luck with that normalcy thing. You're going to need it.

[numbersnfigures]

Sometimes the resumption of a routine can be incredibly helpful in getting children back on track after a tragedy.

[invisibill]

Seriously? That sounds like something my sister would say.

[numbersnfigures]

There have been numerous studies done on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and they all seem to point to its verification.