Little Thoughts

by paperhearts

Schrödinger’s Yak (Yona, Rainbow Dash)

“Look, Yona, I don't wanna stay after class any longer than you, but Twilight needs you to get this. Apparently.” Rainbow Dash looked at the book, bleary-eyed. “Right, so this cat in the box is both dead and not dead at the same time, because…”

“Because subatomic… thing! Yona doesn't know why box cannot be smashed to find out.” Yona beamed. “Yona be gentle.”

“But the point is-”

“Bah! Yona never understand this. Yaks not scientists! Except metallurgy.” Yona frowned. “Maybe architectural engineering.”

“Hey, I can't stand this stuff either.”

“Why are you teaching then?”

“A drunken bet, a hungover friend taking advantage of another hungover friend.” Rainbow shrugged. “Depends who you ask, kid.”

“Aha! Better example.”

Yona completed a fresh exercise sheet and sealed it inside an envelope. “If paper not examined then Yona has passed and not passed. Yona likes odds.”

“Good enough for me. We're outta here!”

Author's Note:

Entered for the Flashfic Group contest for October 2018. The prompt for this was "Dead or Alive".

I can't quite remember how I ended up getting from that prompt to the concept of Schrödinger’s Cat to Yona trying to complete a class exercise, but that probably shines a light though the window of my brain circa 2018.