Maxim clicked 'Open.' The screen flickered, then turned bright blue.

The fluorescent lights of Room 302 hummed. Maxim sat at the teacher’s desk, his thumb hovering over a flash drive labeled “Tolerance_Project_Final_V2.” He had the perfect slides: definitions from UNESCO, a world map of cultures, and high-res photos of people shaking hands.

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Maxim pulled the flash drive out and set it on the desk. "The presentation is gone," he admitted. "So let's just talk."