#38 Composite
Aelita fingered the rock before she tossed it to her other hand and back again. It seemed so inanimate…so lifeless (which were actually good things for rocks to be). She continued tossing it back and forth between her hands and sighed.
She had a test tomorrow and the last thing she wanted to do was study, though she probably didn't need to. She still liked to though. It at least made the other kids think that she was normal and got good grades because she worked for them. She sighed and turned back to her textbook. She didn't even hear the person sneaking up behind her.
"Hey Aelita, what's up?" Yumi asked, smiling.
"Oh, I'm just studying for a test."
Yumi nodded and looked at the book and flipped to the page Aelita was looking at, the one about rocks. Then, she bent down began to read. "Composite rocks, huh?"
"Yep, we have a test over them tomorrow."
Yumi smiled and handed the book back to Aelita. "I always liked rocks. You know, volcanoes, earthquakes I was good at that type of thing." She thought about it for a moment before saying, "and not just because Japan has earthquakes and a lot of mountains."
Aelita smiled, which was probably Yumi's goal. Yumi asked if Aelita wanted any help. Aelita shrugged and said that it wouldn't hurt.
So Yumi grabbed a dictionary from her backpack. "Look, it says that composite is basically a bunch of things that make one. And a composite rock is a bunch of different rocks that forms one rock. Think of it this way…" she trailed off as she looked up, trying to think of a good example. Finally she snapped her fingers together.
Yumi bent down and began drawing stick figures. One with spiky hair, one with a sword, one with a computer, one with short hair and a dress, and one with boots. She then drew a circle around all five of the figures. "See, we're all different, but we make up the same group. We're all like the little rocks, and our group makes up the big rock. Do you understand it now?"
Aelita nodded and Yumi smiled and walked away, leaving Aelita to herself.
She really hadn't needed help, she had understood it fine. Though she couldn't resist smiling.
The analogy had been nice. Unnecessary, but nice.
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