You will do anything to save the lives of your mother and sister. For example, teaching... a monster with care and love? After all, a monster, right? Author's notes: On January 8, 2023, the writer Svetlana Tulina died. On this rainy day, I’m starting to publish our novel, which she worked on until her last day. Sveta once encouraged me to write a fanfic with her based on O. Gromyko’s “Cosmoools” series. Then she convinced me to break the few “leads” to “Cosmoools” and write a full-fledged, independent novel based on “The Pedagogical Ballad.” Sveta had huge plans. She was going to introduce two big storylines and describe the pedagogical process in more detail. I can’t do this alone - Sveta was a teacher by training. All I can do is plug the holes in the plot, add missing chapters. The novel will not become the way Sveta saw it. But he will. In memory of her.