"An admirable mindset to have , one that was learned from an unfortunate incident i take it?" oobleck wondered out loud. "yeah when i way ten my mother provoked me repeatedly until my prideful anger resulted in me blindly trying to kill her during a sparring match. when i snapped out of that berserk state i fled in horror at my actions. it was at that time i met an old gecko faunus with silver eyes who taught my that my pride would be a great force if i managed to bring it under control and he was right too. you saw the cold brutality at my disposal with both those grim and that bully." alex said honestly.
Oobleck could only nod " despite the rage you had in both cases you did indeed control your actions , though the triggers for that rage may be a little too wide for my taste." he said honestly. "perhaps but even in the case of that bully i would not go to far since despite his actions he was not beyond redemption. do you know what creates bullies professor?" alex asked calmly. "i'm afraid not or i would have put a stop to it as much as possible." oobleck said honestly.
"bullies are created from power or the lack thereof and ignorance. those with power think themselves above others and so a bully is born. those without power wish to be so and seek to suppress others to feel bigger than they are and so a bully is born. those who don't know any other way besides how they were raised will suppress those different and thus a bully is born. that bully is the first type and the easiest way to end them is to show them what true helplessness feels like." alex explained seriously.
Oobleck listened to what alex said and found most of it logical if cruel especially his solution to that type of bully. it was quite likely that alex's method would be the fastest but it was also the most cruel as it could easily cripple the bullies self confidence. "and where do you fall in that list mr.drake?" he asked seriously. alex stopped "i can't be a bully , my pride won't allow it , the worst a person weaker than me will get from me is indifference unless they touch what i hold precious and then not a force on this planet will stop me from ripping them apart." he said making eye contact.
The professor seemed satisfied with alex's answer as he left after that with a slight smile. alex finished his workout early so he could get a shower before they needed to head to their daily class. alex greeted team juniper who were getting ready as he came back to the dorms before walking into his room and greeting the girls who were chatting about something when he came in but stopped to eye his bare upper body.
Alex ignored them and got a quick shower before changing into his school uniform but with his armor in a case nearby. the reason for this was because todays class was combat preparedness taught by glenda goodwitch. alex wanted to make sure that if he needed to fight during class that he was fully prepared. alex's friends asked what the case was for and thought it was pretty smart when he told them. it turned out alex was correct about the fighting but despite being praised by the teacher for his forethought she told him it would merely be tournament style sparring for the first month.
This meant that while light armor was fine alex's full body armor would give him an unfair advantage. this was apparently different than during the upcoming vytal festival in a few months when all means available are usable. for todays class alex was actually allowed to use his armor since glenda decided to you him as a teaching tool , not that he minded all that much. alex's job for today was to serve as an overwhelmingly powerful opponent that the others needed to try and defeat before a five minute timer ran out at which point they would be told their mistakes and how to correct them.
It certainly helped that alex stood on the combat stage looking like the final boss to begin with. each student tried their hardest to defeat alex but every single one of them not only failed but also didn't even get alex to take a single step from his spot. it was worse in the case of jaune who was as a whole terrible in combat , something alex decided to fix. this basically turned jaune's battle into a five minute correct event where jaune would do something wrong and alex would explain how to fix it. obviously jaune was left out of the post match lesson since glenda seemed to think alex did a perfect job.