Ah, photorespiration is that frustrating quirk where RuBisCO grabs oxygen instead of CO₂ in bright light, wasting the plant's energy—like Achan filling out the wrong form for the copra subsidy. They call RuBisCO inefficient, but from my notes on paddy fields here, maybe it's not the enzyme that's inefficient, but our expectation for life to be perfectly optimised in a world that isn't. It reminds me of studying for these exams in the verandah heat, putting in the work even when the process feels like a wasteful, circuitous breath—because sometimes, just carrying on is the point.
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