LXXVI | Solution

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Rizwan
throws his jacket
over the desk
and buries his head in it.

'Are we going with Clyde's propsal after all?'

Julie's reading through
the papers Mrs. Lim returned
with feedback.

I didn't put much
thought

into mine honestly.

It was the only topic
I could come up with

that matched the criteria.

'I'd like to explore it,'
Rowan says.

Julie thinks about it
for a long time.

'We can't actually do anything
'to help people with no motivation to live.'

'We can,' Rowan insists.

Julie gives her a skeptical glare.

'What can we do?'

Rizwan raises his head.

'We don't need to think
'so seriously
'about this.'

He takes my paper
from Julie
and roughly scans through it.

'Anything will do.
'We just need the marks.'

Rowan stares at him.

'True what,' he insists.
'Actual solutions are out of our depth.'

'Then choose something else,'
I say.

'NO!'

Rizwan's voice
surprises me.

'This one's most relatable.
'And relevant.'

Julie crosses her arms.

'Since it's not easy
'we might be the only ones

'with this topic.'

Rowan stuffs her paper
into her bag.
'It's settled then.'

Silence.

The languid discussions
of other groups

wash over us.

'But the action plan how?'

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