NW2009 (007) - Dillon's accident
In the sixth row, Dillon sat in Meta-Cognition 101 and phased in and out of the lecture as his eyes drew toward the third row. Head bobbing in tandem with the teacher's wry humor, eyes focused on the drawing board, the back of the head seemed to draw attention to itself - not due to any particular frame of the hair, unattended whisps, or color, but more how the head leaned toward where the professor was walking. The head turned toward the left and a young lady seemed to vacillate between intense attentiveness and general boredom. As his attention drifted back to the lecture, he realized that his notes had taken a bit of a distracted turn and reaching into his bag, he failed to notice a curious face turn toward the sixth row, cock to one side, and turn back toward the front. As his eyes turned back to the same pair of heads, he noticed that the head he had been evaluating was no longer moving, but was leaned forward; the head's owner was scribbling notes and...