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[virtuosoweblumexpert]

Hello! And welcome to the voice messaging system for Sir Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe! Advisor to the Altean royal family and Knight of Loyalty. I am very sorry to have missed your call. However, if you leave a message for me after you hear the sounds of the beep, then I shall endeavor to respond back to you the very moment that- BEEEEEEEEP!!!

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[tagartist]

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I think that tests might be a little different in my world than they are in yours.

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[virtuosoweblumexpert]

Oh? Do you not train the body and the mind at the same time? Or do you simply not use the effective tool of possible bodily harm to help remember a lesson? [If Pidge was still here they should talk about the time Pidge nearly was killed learning the Altean alphabet.] How are your tests run?

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[tagartist]

Uhh... Definitely nothing like that. You sit in a desk with a number two pencil and two pieces of paper. One with some circles that are labeled with A through E or whatever and then the other has a bunch of multiple choice questions on it. You fill in the little circles marked with whatever letter lines up with the answer and then some people run it through a machine and they try and use it to figure out how smart you are.

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[virtuosoweblumexpert]

Why the second best pencil? Why not use the very best? Did something happen to the first pencil?!

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[tagartist]

What? Oh - no, that's not - ... The numbers are about how hard or soft the pencil's lead is, how dark the color will come out. It's not like a ranking of superiority.

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[virtuosoweblumexpert]

Oh.

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Then why numbers? Why not just state the material and thickness of the pencil? Much less confusing that way!

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[tagartist]

I think more people would be confused by the chemical make up of the graphite than a scale that just basically rates how hard and how black it is. So like a number two is pretty well known for meaning 2HB - very hard and very black.

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[virtuosoweblumexpert]

Hm. I suppose I can understand that. Like a short hand guide to the density of the writing instrument. So these tests like lead that is hard and black. Interesting.

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[tagartist]

Yeah, I guess they're like most Bad Dragon addicts that way. [ ... WAIT ] I'm not explaining that one.

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[virtuosoweblumexpert]

Well, of course there are dragons that are bad. Every species as good and bad behaved members of their group. Although why are they addicts?