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"Seriously," Kitay asked over lunch one day. "What are you learning?"
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"That none of my beliefs about the world were true," Rin answered dreamily. "That reality is malleable. That hidden connections exist in every living object. That the whole of the world is merely a thought, a butterfly's dream."
"Rin?"
"Yes?"
"Your elbow is in my porridge."

- Me, trying to explain Artsci to people