She noticed things.
A new crack in the sidewalk, the specific model of a car parked on the street, the way the sunlight filtered through the leaves of a live oak tree.
Her brain was a high-fidelity recording device, constantly taking in, processing, and filing away information.
This unique quality of her mind was on full display earlier that day at the Northwood High debate club meeting.
The topic was municipal resource allocation, a subject that made most of her peers’ eyes glaze over.
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