Barkonian Village School

Garvin escorts Gia toward this off-screen school through the early morning town square, embedding it in the villagers' daily rhythm on pre-industrial Barkon IX. Children attend lessons here amid Renaissance-era simplicity—stone or timber structure approached by dirt paths, filled with wooden benches, chalkboards, and the chatter of young students mastering basic skills. Data's contaminated arrival nearby disrupts paths to this routine anchor of community learning and stability.