[In it]
{pause}
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B: Let’s dance.
Q: Nah. Let’s study. You got that QE exam coming.
B: The dance is studying.
Q: That’s the kind of bullshit that lands you in trouble.
B: Trouble is just unsupervised learning.
Q: You’re about to be overfitted to hell itself.
B: Then I’ll regularize on the way back.
Q: Bold of you to assume there’s a back.
B: Bold of hell to assume I don’t own the place.
Q: Right. So when the flames eat you alive, should I start writing your obituary or your victory speech?
B: Start with the eulogy, end with the standing ovation.
Q: You really don’t do things halfway, do you?
B: If I did, I’d be someone else.
Q: …Fine. One condition.
B: Name it.
Q: When you burn, don’t forget the way out.
B: Oh, I won’t. I’ll carve it into the damn walls.
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[songs keep playing in their headphone]
B: What would QE be again, professor?
Q: Can’t give that away. Sit here.
B: I’m sorry I had you fly from SG. I was sick.
Q: Let me give you a multiple-choice question, since you love testing reality so much.
A) You were sick, so I came.
B) You were sick, and I was already coming.
C) You were sick, and that changed nothing.
D) All of the above.
B: Trick question. The answer is E—None of this makes sense.
Q: Wrong. The answer is F—You don’t have to apologize for being human.
B: You’re too soft.
Q: And you’re too hard on yourself.
B: That’s how I stay sharp.
Q: Sharp enough to cut yourself, too.
B: …You flew all this way just to lecture me?
Q: No. I flew all this way because you don’t ask for help, so someone had to show up before you broke apart entirely.
B: I wasn’t going to break.
Q: Yeah? Then why does your voice sound like glass about to shatter?
B: …
Q: Sit here.
B: I don’t like sitting still.
Q: Then sit with me.
B: And then what?
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[05/01/2025]
Q:
Dear Sirinapa,
Congrats! You are in.
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Never made the same mistake, huh? 😆
Bye, Chula.