Hank decided to sit back, allowing his students to argue over the importance of environmental protection and the safe use of the recourses available. A few other students began to chime in too, supporting either Shawn or tatiana. 

Shawn tapped his chin, his eyes skyward as he considered Tatiana's valid points. "I guess you have a point." He relented. "But the only way I can see global cooling being a thing is if we somehow re-engineered everything to have the exact opposite effects of what they're doing now. Unless you consider the rubber band effect, which would make the next few years especially cold if we were to implement everything right now..." 

Maybe his views on the topic weren't completely black and white. He still agreed with the environmentalists, in not wanting a boiling planet because we used oil burning products for too long. On the other hand, getting everything done right now would send them back and fourth on the temperate teeter-totter.

"So, wha do you propose instead, Tatiana? Do we let people keep burning their gasses, or do we look for something that doesn't erode the ozone layer? There has to be some compromise here."

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"Social side. Invaluable." You could almost here Tony's condescending tone through the Morse code. He rolled his eyes, stealing a glance at Doug, who seemed to have captured the attention of everyone else for the time being. "At least you're right about that. You'll handle pressure better the more you're under it. Everyone screws up, but let's just hope you have a fall guy or a backup plan."

Tony looked focused, by the way he was staring with a rather intense glare. When Doug took a look around his class, he didn't find anything wrong. Of course, even he would hear the background words made by Heidi, but he wasn't worried about her, so he didn't say anything to call attention towards her.

From the backpack sitting below Tony's desk, small red plates of metal began to slide out. They Nieves as quietly as a plethora of metal plates could, and began to wrap around Tony's leg.

"Do you know arc reactor technology? It keeps me alive and powers my own suit. You should look into it if you think you're such a liability."

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"Must be that candid loyalty." She cracked a smile and fished something out of her pocket. Sally flung a little paper football onto the table with the rest of Bonny's things on it before gliding away once more. Much faster and much more fun than just walking around like normal people.

The little paper football contained her dorm number and the meeting time, 3:30, just to give them some relaxing time before meeting up after school hours.

david, on the other side of the library, took notice of bonny and waved to her before continuing on his merry way. He knew she was in Northstar's class, and didn't want to disturb her work.