Outwardly, she smiled at the professor, pressed her hoof down hard on the desk, and slid the paper off and into her fingers. She'd forgotten to bring stick today as well. It was going to be a pain to manipulate anything with her hands.

She sighed and walked to an empty seat in the center-rear of the room, wincing when the chair squeaked and nearly caved underneath her weight. She eyed the paper.

Speleoric agriculture, read the prompt, like opalite wires, carries an immense significance to the lifestyle of those in Low; however, unlike opalite wires, speleoric agriculture has made few "leaps and bounds" of technological advancement, instead retaining many of the same practices and equipment and patterns as it has had indeed since before the Prior. Formulate an argument which discusses the advantages or disadvantages of funding speleoric agriculture research and development, and the potential impact of such decisions on Low, such as through environmental composition, standard of living, or allocation of public funds.

She sighed. At least the topic could have been interesting, if not challenging.