Dr. Xiang's SHE
- After Louise Chumlig's Search and Analysis class, we get to see Juan at… shop class. Yeah, if you're reading this book for school, you might be thinking "Not more class!" But this shop class includes weird gadgets, so give it a chance.
- Juan schmoozes up the oldsters here, like Xiu Xiang. She used to be a big tech wiz, but has to re-learn all the stuff she forgot.
- Juan even has to help her use her view-screen to figure out what parts they have.
- He checks out Winston Blount, who never got sick like Xiang or Robert Gu, but was still pushed into retirement (and sure is bitter about it). Winston wants to get back in. So Juan offers the affiliance as a way to help him.
- On another day, Juan approaches Robert Gu in Chumlig's Composition class. (Ever heard of "herding cats"? Maybe "herding oldsters" is even harder.)
- Unfortunately, Juan is no good at Composition and Chumlig chooses him to go first.