“You really hate it, don’t you?” Jade says to him. “Terra Nova, I mean.” He shrugs a noncommittal shrug. “What’s the history there, teach?” Jade asks. “No history.” “There’s always history,” Jade says back. “A certain somebody might have impressed that upon my just-forming psyche once upon a freshman year. Nothing just pops into existence. Everything comes from somewhere. It’s all got a story. Just a matter of if we’re committed enough to dig it up.” Mr. Holmes shakes his head in amusement, genuinely impressed for once, it seems. “Won’t say you were my best student over all these years,” he
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