"I've been teaching the same ones for a couple of terms now," I say with a shrug, trying to figure out just the right angle to take a bite from this boar burger before it gets too cold to eat. "Doesn't take as much prep these days once I lock down the right textbooks."

With how temperamental the bookshelf can get, putting the onus on the students to acquire their own just strikes me as cruel.

"I saw you're not in any of my science classes. Not a fan? 'Cause you should be. Science is awesome. In both the awe inspiring and totally rad sense."