[After a long moment, she closes her phone with a crisp snap, a sound of finality. There's nothing she can do, as much as that idea rankles her and as much as something in her doesn't want to let it go.]

Hey. [She calls his attention while she gathers the words to say.]

Normally, I'd say something like 'study harder'. But this time, somehow it seems more like studying so hard at home that you fall asleep at school.

You've been working all this time, haven't you? You don't need more than that. You already have this information and this data in your brain. No matter how many times this happens here, your hand will remember the way to write the right words.

Go pass your exam. I don't want to hear that you didn't.