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You're looking down at Clark University from about 80 feet in the air. It's giving you perspective. You're still a little confused by the three faces of Clark, especially since you have no idea how they work together, but you're hoping that Sue will explain. Circuitus is just standing there with his arms folded, tongue planted in his cheek.
"You need to be able to operate in all three faces to be successful here-- or anywhere. It's a matter of starting modest and gaining experience. I-- "
Circuitus can't control himself anymore. "Listen, this school is totally fucked up. Practically everything that's ever been done here is useless, no matter how good the idea was at first. And most of the ideas that were tried weren't even that good. It's a campus of bad ideas done poorly. How the hell are you going to change that? The system is set up to minimize meaningful change."
"Your big problem is that you think of everything as big, faceless entities: 'the system,' 'the university,' 'the administration.' They're people, doing the best job they can. You have to always keep that in mind. They have the same goal as you: improving the school. They just have a different idea of what that means."
"Up yours, Sue. Dick here is either on my side or yours. It can't be both."
Sue gives him a wedgie and you quickly step in to break up the fight. "Listen, I think you're both sides of one solution. Sue here has a lot of ideas and strategy, but she wouldn't be able to use them well if it wasn't for Circuitus doing the whistle-blowing. Someone has to be brave enough to stand up and say, 'Something sucks.'" You're trying to be fair to both of them, although you can't understand why Circuitus just called you a dick.
Sue is nodding, and Circuitus merely looks skeptical. You figure that that's the best you can do. "You two get out into the campus, and make yourselves known. You're a team. Start acting like it." You ask to be put down on the ground because you want to start making some changes to this sorry campus.