She could copy it. Just this once. No one would know.

And that, she finally understood, was the whole point of Module 2.

Elena stared at the blank page in her workbook. Above it, the heading read: Grade 6, Module 2: Ramayana, The Hero’s Journey.

But as she picked up her pencil, she remembered the story. Rama didn’t have an answer key when Sita was taken. He didn’t have a script when his own brother doubted him. He had to wander the wilderness of not knowing.