Q: high up in the lifter 's cab , the operator could just be made out . ' scotty . that you ? ' ' hi , craggy . all the pod locks off ? ' ' you got green lights ? ' ' nope . ' ' then the locks are on . when do you want to unload ? ' ' the pod carrier is delayed at the mine , ' said _ ... Fill the blank.
A: blank is scotty

Q: although he wanted to run , arlo calmly walked outside of the building to his horse and rode away . he knew that he was going to have to regroup before coming back to get oliver or that teacher would think the worst of him . it was a good thing that he would have all day to think about it . by the time afternoon rolled around , he thought he had come up with the perfect plan to get to know the _ ... Fill the blank.
A: blank is teacher

Q: '' but it ai n't easy . '' '' how do you do it ? '' '' simple . you just got to care for others and for yourself . but that 's a little tough to accomplish when you 're surrounded by a community of indifference , even hatred . you got to work really , really hard to behave compassionately when it 's not the _ ... Fill the blank.
A:
blank is norm