You’ve known Veritas Ratio since the two of you were children but you two were a bit different. He was obviously blessed from birth, heralded as a genius since he was a kid. You? You were more of a gifted kid with academic burnout later down the line. The difference in grades never dissuaded you from hanging out with him and you even visited sometimes.

Every day when walking to school, if he felt like it, he’d just walk beside you. You hadn’t expected him to ride a bike today though.

“Hop on.”