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Saranjit has ideas.
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Panel 1: Maida, feeling confused: "Huh?"
Panel 2: Saranjit: "You don't know? You're clever, you're... not unattractive... If you ever got enough worffwhile friends to be considered popular, too?"
Panel 3: Saranjit, with a conspiratorial look: "Well that would be the recipe for gunpowder."
Panel 4: Maida: "What does that mean?" Davinder, tugging on her sleeve: "Come on! I want to show you my room!"
Panel 5: Saranjit, closing her holographic screen and smiling: "Just some 'elpful advice!"
Panel 6: Saranjit: "The girls at our school only have one fing in common wiff each other. Ambition. And for some girls, that means destroying the competition."
Panel 7: Saranjit: "So. Don't be the competition! Don't stand out to much. Don't be too perfect. Blending in is the best defence for girls like us."
Panel 2: Saranjit: "You don't know? You're clever, you're... not unattractive... If you ever got enough worffwhile friends to be considered popular, too?"
Panel 3: Saranjit, with a conspiratorial look: "Well that would be the recipe for gunpowder."
Panel 4: Maida: "What does that mean?" Davinder, tugging on her sleeve: "Come on! I want to show you my room!"
Panel 5: Saranjit, closing her holographic screen and smiling: "Just some 'elpful advice!"
Panel 6: Saranjit: "The girls at our school only have one fing in common wiff each other. Ambition. And for some girls, that means destroying the competition."
Panel 7: Saranjit: "So. Don't be the competition! Don't stand out to much. Don't be too perfect. Blending in is the best defence for girls like us."
Play along to get along. Better yourself within strictly defined social conventions and not further. Recognize the who the power is (it isn’t you). This is how feodalities are maintained (and ultimately stagnate).