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[ex_bloodcakedarmor707]

[Behind the Youth Center, past the basketball court there are several massive oak trees. Awhile back, Piglet had asked about carving out a tree trunk for a home for himself. And that's exactly what Derek is spending the morning and into his afternoon doing. Having picked one of the trees close to the center out, he's slowly but surely carving out the hollow of it to fashion what will be the first 'room' of the home for Piglet. This is exactly what the video feed shows him doing from the perspective of the device he's left sitting by a toolbox just a yard or two away. Anyone is free to bug him, both in person or over the device.]

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[candothat]

[Thank language barriers.]

Ai, I did not say it right. I have been young, but I have not been a child. [He frowns. That's not quite it either.] Physically, I have been very young, but I have always been in academies.

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[ex_bloodcakedarmor707]

Academies, like going to school. Think most kids start that around the age of five or so. It's good. Starting early. They say knowledge is power.

I got this friend back home named Reid, Spencer Reid. He was a boy genius. Has a handful of doctorates and bachelors degrees and he's only in his early twenties. Pretty impressive.

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[candothat]

Yes, like specialized schools.

[He's excited to hear about other child prodigies. It's not like they're easy to find, even in the future.] This Reid, what is his primary area of study?

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[ex_bloodcakedarmor707]

Reid? God... he pretty much specializes in everything. Has Doctorates in Mathmatics, Chemistry and Enginneering and B.A.'s in Psychology and Sociology. And he's still working on another degree in Philosophy. One of those people who likes school, you know? Me? I was glad when it was over.

And he knows everything almost. He has an eidetic memory so he retains everything he reads and sees. Pretty much a know it all, but he's like a little brother to me. You'd probably get along pretty well with him. You two could have long conversations that no one else gets.

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[candothat]

[Yep, Chekov and Reid would have plenty of things to talk about that would be incomprehensible to most people.]

I do not have an eidetic memory, although I often wish that I did. Would you introduce us, Mr. Morgan, if he came to the City?

[He moves closer to inspect Derek's handiwork.]

May I assume that you did most of your learning outside of a school?

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[ex_bloodcakedarmor707]

I would. You two would hit it off. He was here for awhile but the City sent him home. He helped keep an eye on the Youth Center with me while he was here.

[Derek tries hard not to get upset about Reid leaving. He'd lost two people in the City that he was very close to in a very short amount of time. It had been hard and he was just now starting to get over it.]

Yeah I did. I got a criminal law degree but everything else I either learned outside of school or taught myself. Was a cop, detective, agent... [He indicates the carved out tree.] This kind of stuff is my hobby outside of work, building things, knocking things down... building them back up.

Tell me about what you did back where you're from.

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[candothat]

[Chekov has been here long enough to miss the people who aren't in the City and recognize the sentiment in others; he doesn't press, hoping to turn the topic in a more cheerful direction.]

Did you teach yourself? The last things, is what I mean... building things.

[He smiles.] Everything that I could--physics, engineering, mechanics, theoretical sciences, programming, mapping. But I am told that all of those count as work and not hobbies.