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earned the right to leisure time. The only books

permitted are the books related to your subjects, not

that any of you look like you read very much." she

added with a tightening at the right corner of her

mouth.

"No one will have any phone privileges until

she earns twenty merit plus points. That means no one

can call you as well-- not, from what I know of each

of your histories, that anyone would want to call you." "We really are like prisoners." Teal

complained, and quickly looked down,

"Since that wasn't put in the form of a question,

I will let it pass without penalizing you another

demerit. If you are like prisoners, as you say, it's

because you have imprisoned yourselves. You have

put bars on your own windows and built the walls

between yourselves and the rest of humanity. I am

your best hope to remove those bars, to crumble those

walls. Right now, y

ou see me only as a disciplinarian,

but in time, very soon, you will learn to appreciate

what I have to offer you,

"It's a lot like Annie Sullivan and Helen

Keller." she said, looking off. She smiled at some

image of herself. and even that smile was disturbing

enough to make my stomach feel as if I had just drunk

a gallon of sour milk. "For in truth, you all can't really

speak, can't really hear, can't really see. You're locked

up inside your own troubled bodies. and I will free

you. Yes, I will."

There was a long silence. My throat was dry. My stomach continued to churn and I felt the growing pressure of having to go to the bathroom. I trembled, but I had to ask. I raised my hand, hoping she would


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