Challenge #04642-L258: Books, Brains, or Boots

"What a tangled web you weave when first you choose to deceive."

The problem is, they got caught in their own web, and now had to come clean.

Fortunately, people were merciful. No magic use except for healing spells for a month, and having to be on dishes-duty for a month. Could've been a lot worse. -- Anon Guest

[AN: Nerd moment - the actual quote is "What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." And yes I looked that up to make certain. Today we learned]

Prodigies are always a problem. They don't fit the curriculum laid out for others and many teachers assume that they know all the things they need to know. Which is an enormous mistake, because the first time a prodigy hits a wall, it can lead to total ambition collapse.

The other way prodigies are problematic happens when they try to cover for it when they mess up.

Arlie had been sailing along on talent alone when ze hit hir 'wall'. Something ze hadn't known or thought about beforehand. Something ze could not automatically do, or even process. The assignment was due, and nothing had been done. Arlie had delayed, distracted hirself, and denied the progress of time.

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