085: teachers

"Is it all in vain, do you think?" he asked, staring outside the dusty window, one of the few remaining from the building's first construction. Many had already been replaced due to some form of violence or another, just as the people have been over the years, the younger man
thought. Turning to the older man, he winced as the weight of his words dawned upon him; here, before him, was a man who had braved this position for countless years before.

And yet, the answer surprised him.

"We can never know for sure," he began. "We can only hope..."