[math is easy! all of school is easy to Laura. makes it so she can keep straight As, even when her life is going crazy.

no, it won't. confidence!]

Okay. I can think of it like that. Good thing I'm good at math, huh?

[she focuses as hard as she can. nothing happens for about fifteen minutes. then a few heat bubbles form and rise to the surface. and a few more. and a few more]

--hey, lookit that! I'm doing it! Kind of?