Professor MacPherson spent the first twenty minutes talking about the syllabus, and then Marcus—you know Marcus, the guy who always sits at the back?—asked if we'd be studying "the political implications of alien first contact."

pushes his fringe back She looked at him for a full five seconds and said, "Mr. Reeves, this is a course on Hobbes and Locke, not a science fiction convention."

laughs, shaking his head I nearly choked on my water. Anyways. How was your morning? You look like you've already been through it.