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Onderwêreld deur Fanie Viljoen

Log File: Wat my hart sê

The days following Greg’s triumph over the first challenge were filled with rushed study sessions, exchanged shifts, and heavy supervision while he was busy with hackthissite. The information is overwhelming; however, Greg cannot sate his curiosity as the more he learns, the more he realises that he has more to learn. Eckhardt helps him along with cryptic hints, telling him that he never said it would be easy. With trial and error, Greg makes his way through the second and third challenges before struggling with the fourth one for a few days. It is now February and the summer season persists in the Drakensberg. Greg receives a call from his mother while he is texting Nicole. He can hear the loneliness in her voice as she talks and after light prying, she tells him that his father’s work is interrupting his sleep and making him distant and moody. Greg always feels helpless about his mother’s situation when he is at school because he is so far away.

Eckhardt calls Greg into his room later and Greg briefly opens up about the conversation he just had with his mother before they get down to business: the fourth challenge that has Greg scratching his head. They talk about their plans for after school, with both considering going the university route. Eckhardt says that he is interested in studying something computer-related, like programming or Information Technology so that he can continue to tinker with the various systems that he has gained experience with over the years. Greg has no idea what he wants to do with the rest of his life and resents being made to choose at 18 years old. He tells Eckhardt about the pressure he feels from his father, who probably would not let Greg embark on a path he chose for himself. Eckhardt tells Greg that his father cannot be who decides what happens with Greg’s life. The conversation ends and Greg notices a strange glint in Eckhardt’s eyes. Two nights later, Greg cracks the fourth challenge, and three days after that, he failed a mathematics test for the first time in his life.

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