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« on: June 08, 2015, 09:01:50 PM »
The quarters Laurel resided in were as utilitarian as the rest of this facility that she had seen so far, even her uniform followed the scheme, being a light-grey one-piece with her name etched into the top-right of it.
The classroom she was in matched, four rows of four tables with herself two to the left and second from the front, others like her in attendance as their human teacher spoke.
“Now, you will address me as Mr McDonnell, and I will be your tutor for the next few years. I expect nothing less than top behaviour from each and every one of you, the consequences for failure in that will be severe.” His voice was uncompromisingly stern. “We will begin with your basic education, reading, writing, arithmetic, and human studies. I want you to pay attention to the screen.” He powered up the projector, its image slowly forming on the white screen ahead of it.