you There are kids in this world who are different. Special. They look like us and they act like us. Brinley, focus. Oh, Brinley, sorry. I didn't realize you were- I was what, Holiday? Practicing my butt off so you don't take first chair before the fall concert? Brinley, I keep telling you. Your first chair. I'm just... A world-class oboe player? You intentionally showed me up. Again. Is Mr. Lutz here? He asked me to meet him. He what?
This is it, isn't it? This is the moment where you get everything and I get nothing. My life at Whittier Middle School was perfect until you showed up. Why can't you leave me alone? Hey Brindley, how's it going? Get out of my way! Okay. What's she mad about now? Well, Cyrus, I kind of... I sort of... Okay, I'm going to tell you, but don't make it...
A thing. You've got to see it to believe it. See these drums? I see you holding drumsticks. I've never played before, right? Far as I know. Hang on. Let me just... Listen to this for a second on my phone. What are you doing? You'll see. Let's see if that's enough. How are you doing that? I don't know. That was sick. Same thing happened yesterday when I picked up the oboe.
I just put it to my lips and the next thing I knew I was like... shredding. I mean, if an oboe can shred... Dude, this proves it! Superpowers! I can play the oboe. If that's a superpower, it's the lamest one ever. And smash the drums, crush physics, and ride a hoverboard. Look, I know you don't want to talk about the Whittier Corporation. Don't have to whisper. We're alone.
But it's pretty obvious that whatever they did to your DNA, it gave you some serious skills. Or I was a hoverboard-riding, classically trained musician before I went into the water and lost my memory. Right. That makes a lot of sense. Come on, Holiday, this isn't normal. And you'd better get Brinley off your scent ASAP, because if she finds out about your past, it'll be broadcast on her YouTube channel faster than you can say brainy Brinley.
That's the name of her channel, by the way. Brainy with an E-I-G-H instead of a Y. Okay, that's just sad. Holiday, you're here! Good. Hello, Cyrus. Hey, Mr. Lutz. Hi, Principal Palais. I gotta get to the lab. Remember, make nice. Later. Holiday, Mr. Lutz told me about your amazing performance yesterday. Like I said, I believe she's a prodigy. Maybe even a genius. Oh, I... I wouldn't say that. Brinley, back so soon? I forgot my backpack. Hello, Mr. Lutz, Principal Palais.
We're just waiting to hear Holiday play the oboe for us. Yippee. Time to come clean. I really didn't learn the oboe from watching videos. Honestly, I've been playing my whole life. But I got so burned out from all the practicing, and I really didn't want to do it anymore. So, Brindley, it's all yours. So generous of you. Holiday, you can't throw away a gift like that. Do I need to get your parents on the phone? My parents? No, no! I'll... I'll play. Wait, let me try that again.
What are you doing? I'm not sure what's going on. Is this your idea of a joke? What? No. Play the way you did yesterday. I was trying to play. I've had just about enough of your games, Miss Anders. I thought you were rounding a corner after my house visit. But clearly, I was wrong. You had better start taking school seriously, or I'll be forced to take action. Goodbye. We'll discuss this later, Holiday. Why are you messing with everyone's heads? What is your deal?
I don't have a deal. I... I don't know. Fine. Don't tell me. I'll find out on my own. And when I do, I'm broadcasting it from coast to coast on Brainy Brindley. That's my YouTube channel. Brainy is spelled E-I-G-H. I know. I have nothing to hide, Brindley. So you need to give it a rest, okay? We'll see, Holiday. We'll see.
Hey, Casey, what do you think about a robot having... Hermione. Huh? I named her robot Hermione Cyrus, for obvious reasons. Okay. What do you think about Hermione having a sensor? So when people approach it... Her. approach her, she immediately starts talking to them. I like it. There's this communication app we can use to program her with the knowledge of foreign languages. So, if Hermione ends up failing, she can at least flatter the judges in Latin.
Tu es pochelius, ego amioti. Did you just say I'm pretty and you like me? What? No, you speak Latin? Uh, anyway, I meant that the robot should say that to the judges, obviously. Cyrus, we need to talk. Hey, Holiday. Oh, hey, Casey. Nice rub up. Her name's Hermione. Cool. Cy. Be right back, Casey. What is it all? It's gone. Something happened.
I can't play the oboe anymore. I lost my ability to shred. How? That's crazy. Maybe it was just a fluke? A one-time surge of musical genius? But I saw you play the drums. This calls for some investigating. No. No investigating. I want to be normal, remember? Let's forget it ever happened. Promise me. It was random and dumb and we're gonna drop it. Bye. Hey, wait. I never promised anything.
Sorry about the interruption, Casey. I was thinking, we really need to finish this ASAP so we have time for test runs. You know what they say, the true method of knowledge is experiment. Wait, say that again. The true method of knowledge is experiment? Is experiment. That's it. Casey, text me the name of the language app you were talking about. Where are you going? I have a little experiment of my own to do.
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