Anya closed the tab. She realized that while educational resources like those found on Labirint provide the framework, the story was only real if she read it herself. She picked up her pen, and for the first time that year, started writing without looking at a screen.

She pulled up a GDZ portal on her phone, looking for a shortcut. The screen offered a perfectly polished answer: “Pierre Bezukhov’s spiritual quest is marked by a transition from external influence to internal truth...”

"Anya, what do you think?" her teacher, Marina Petrovna, asked suddenly.