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Elliot gave the woman a soft smile, nodding. “Here is the secret, university can be for anyone who wants it. There are thousands of courses and thousands of universities. That is the beauty and excitement of it, you can find something new. You don’t need to be good at something, you can just pick anything and there will be a course for it,” he rambled on. “But yes, at university and I love to read too,” he nodded, smiling as she spoke about her favourite. “You beat my few months, you must be a little more used to the town now. But it is nice to meet you too, Lucy. I’m Elliot.”
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“ not really for people who can’t afford it, though. ” she’d given up earthly possessions when she did her stint - it was part of the deal. and her family had never had quite that much growing up. her eldest sister attended college on scholarships ---she was smart-enough to have more of them than she really needed. her younger sister barely finished high-school, and lucy was always somewhere in the middle. and that was fine. degrees, she was learning, were becoming less useful in the real world. the sad reality of people spending money on college only to find out they were under or over qualified ... a commentary on the state of the world. but holloway didn’t need or require a degree, or at least 211 studios didn’t. “ just a bit. i’m still adjusting to living on my own. kind of baby bird in that regard. hi, elliot. do you survey people randomly often? ”
