Chapter 18 by Alex_Jay

How do you respond?

Teasingly

"Oh you know, studying hard", you say breezily, and she bites her lip, the change in her pulse hinting what sort of imaginations you've just set off in the regal blonde. She opens a holographic display as the students at the front file to their seats, and you do the same, wondering what STEM is like in the world you've created - you've switched disciplines it seems, is bio eng the new mech eng? And where's the prof? The only person still at the front is a french - looking girl with a bob cut. You'd taken her for a younger student or a classmate's sister, but of course if she got regular mentorship...

"Okay class, please turn to chapter four..."

Yup, definitely the prof. Her accent sounds kind of French too, does that country still exist? Or are accents determined by something else? So many questions you want to explore!

"Pantemporal entanglement of methyl groups and epigenic applications"

Wat.

"I hope you were all paying attention in 4D calculus last semester, because zis is where ze practical applications come in!"

4D calculus at least makes sense in theory, but still, double-wat.

"Magnify ze first example and let's begin! Zese images are of ze same gene in four successive generations of Drosophilia..."

OMFG WHAT ZE HELL IS THIS JETSON'S SHIT?! You lean heavily into your new set of memories, and, to your own surprise, find you're just barely able to follow the lecture. It seems you study pretty hard. How the hell do you find time with all the delectable bottoms within easy reach? It looks like you've been reading ahead and left notes in the text!

Ooh, that's actually interesting...

"Yes, Jay?"

You've unconsciously put your hand up reading the notes you left yourself. You weren't really planning to ask it, but now you'll have to...