"Take it"
"Yes, Housemaster Jaunty"
I angle my leg and aim a kick right between his legs.
The man doesn't scream, he plops to the floor as he struggles to breathe from the impact.
I race to the door and down the stairs.
As I turn round a corner Housemaster Dei comes into focus, he's standing over a girl and pressing burning cigarettes into her back.
I retreat quietly to avoid being seen, someone grabs my arm and I instinctively go for the face.
"Always so violent"
The baritone rattles me to the bone.
"Jason"
He stares into my eyes and I look away ashamed.
"I told you our world doesn't work that way"
"I guess I'm not suited for your world, I like to see the good in people, to believe that there is..." my voice chokes up as emotions bubble uncontrollably within me. "... Maybe I'm just too soft, my past should have taught me but–"
