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Career Guidance

Prompts = Blank, Shelf, Mellow

Obasan visits the local high school to give a speech about career in space industry. A mellow and handsome grade 12 student is on the first row with a smile on his face as she sits in front of the students.

Obasan focuses on a miniature Mars Rover model on top of the book shelf in the back. She’s trying to keep her face blank. Even at 120-years-old, she likes a pretty boy.

<tick tock, tick tock…>

A long enough pause to make them feel awkward.

“Er, would you like to start?”, a teacher asks her timidly.

She blares:

“Patience!”

(Prompts are courtesy of Parzival Sattva)