Today, Elise began teaching us what she called vocabulary.
“Today’s word, adapt.”
“Braxton’s whole vibe,” Lukas grunted from the couch, sketching weird shapes on the iPad and calling it “ancient prophecy.”
Brian added new material every day… history, geography, social structures, even politics.
Each time, I absorbed it faster than I thought I could. Concepts just… formed in my head like puzzle pieces falling into place.
They started giving me logic puzzles. I solved them in minutes.
I watched documentaries. Memorized city maps. Beat Brian twice more in chess.
Elise whispered once when she thought I wasn’t listening. “He’s learning faster than anyone I’ve ever taught.”
Brian muttered, “It’s like his brain just woke up and said, ‘Okay, let’s play.’”
I didn’t say anything. Because I
