High School Master -v0.361- -ongoing- May 2026

Elias read the list twice. Humanities at 34%? He'd gotten a B on his last English essay. That felt generous. But Mathematics at 12%? That stung. That stung because it was probably accurate.

He knew this one. He knew it. Factorization. Cancel the (x-2). The limit was 4. High School Master -v0.361- -Ongoing-

Mrs. Darnell had written a limit problem. lim(x→2) (x² - 4)/(x - 2) . Elias read the list twice

"Yes... Elias?"

Reward: Double Mastery gains for 2 hours. That felt generous

Elias almost laughed. Daydreaming used to be his primary hobby. Now the System had classified it as a waste of time.

Not dramatically—no flaming wreckage or tearful parent-teacher conferences. Just a quiet, grinding C-minus that felt like drowning in slow motion. He sat in the back row, doodling galaxies in the margins of his notebook while Mrs. Darnell droned about asymptotes.