He's staring fixedly at a small crumb on the tabletop, not quite seeing it.
"I know how they punished me when I broke their rules at lectures. But I do not know what they might do to him. He is the Second Jade of Lan; they could as easily offer leniency as they could make an example of him."
(He does not want to admit how much the former is a foolish hope.)
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Date: 2020-10-07 11:54 pm (UTC)He's staring fixedly at a small crumb on the tabletop, not quite seeing it.
"I know how they punished me when I broke their rules at lectures. But I do not know what they might do to him. He is the Second Jade of Lan; they could as easily offer leniency as they could make an example of him."
(He does not want to admit how much the former is a foolish hope.)