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"So it bothers you not to have electricity in the area?" Damien questioned to be sure, always curious about information. He might not have showed his nature on the school matter, and he might have opted for the easier classes that year, but it was all so that he could conduct research treks on the social order, the mentality of the school, and the group norms. When he had that down, then he'd attack the Advanced Placement course.

The idea of electricity being important sounded like his own need to be around people. Without people, he would be lost in endless history lessons and future guesses. Thousands of images would draw him out of focus without a person to concentrate on and keep him in the present. Their emotions, their thoughts, their presence tied him to where he was now. His mind, though confined in his body, was hardly able to keep from being carried away by the river of time, even with his years of meditation and practice.