The young woman glanced down at his map. "That's over here! What a coincidence, we're going to the same lecture hall. Follow me."
Ethan, quickly recovering from his initial daze, walked beside her. "I appreciate the help. I'm Ethan Blake, just started today."
"I'm Hailey Miller," she replied, pushing her glasses up her nose with a nervous energy that made her braids bounce. "I'm in Computer Science and AI, too. It's... intense."
"I like intense," Ethan murmured, keeping pace as they crossed the manicured MIT grounds. "So, Hailey, what kind of courses are we starting with? Something practical, I hope?"
"Today is the introductory lecture for Computational Logic and Design," Hailey explained. "It's one of the Core Requirements for the first semester. It sounds complicated, but I think it's about—"
