But Liam had already found the emergency exit—a tiny link in the footer: "Teacher Detention Mode." He clicked. The entire screen transformed into a fake Britannica article about the history of pencils. The robot gavel paused. Confused. It scanned the page. Saw only scholarly text and diagrams of graphite density. It grumbled and vanished.

The timer hit zero.

Liam, a seventh-grader with a knack for finding loopholes, was determined to find it. During free period, while others doodled or stared out windows, he opened a new tab. The address bar blinked. He typed: .