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IT’S NOON, AND PETER IS STILL IN BED, PROPPED UP BY PILLOWS AND A WALL IN HIS SHADES-DRAWN DORM ROOM. HIS LAPTOP BURNS HOT AGAINST HIS THIGHS, ITS COOLING-FAN WHIRRING ON OVERDRIVE. CLASS IS STARTING SOON, BUT HE HAS TIME TO PLAY JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. HE’S BEEN AT WORLD OF WARCRAFT SINCE HE WOKE UP. IT’S FALL 2009, AND PETER IS ON HIS FIRST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE; STACKS OF OVERDUE HOMEWORK, FAILED QUIZZES AND EXAMS LITTER HIS DESK LIKE SO MANY SHAVINGS OF A LIFE BEING WHITTLED AWAY. BUT NONE OF IT MATTERS. EVERYTHING IMPORTANT TO HIM IS ON THAT 16-INCH SCREEN. 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