Hotstreak didn't like being laughed at, but he watched what the very odd guy did first. His anger management therapist had encouraged him to set goals for both the short term and the long term. One of his short term goals was to not get sent to detention on his first day, and if he succeeded at that, to try to avoid it for the whole first week of school.

When he saw that Kurloz was pulling out a pen and a notebook, he relaxed a little.

"I'm trying to get to math class. Room one thirteen."