Chapter Seven - Where Rules Bend to Power
Chapter Seven - Where Rules Bend to Power
"The biggest detriment to a proper, rigid school system where education is standardized to the degree we wish it to be, are teachers that refuse to comply with our standards."
--CIAL board meeting, 2051
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Olivia seemed to go quiet after a while of walking through the campus. I noticed that once we were away from the Bastion, the number of stares I was getting decreased pretty sharply. I guess I was sorta fitting in, what with the ridiculous uniform and all that. Still, I was pretty sure I'd never fit in fully.
There was just this feeling in the air as I walked past yet another group of students. Actually, group was putting it lightly.
The people I saw here were usually on their own. Some of them were moving in pairs, or in little cliques, but more often than not they were alone, and from the look in their eyes, they were alone in their headspace too.
I wasn't sure what to make of that, but I decided to file it away for later. Maybe it was just too early in the morning for most of these folk, but people where I was from generally tried not to be caught out in the open alone like this. It was asking for trouble.
"So, where's this Combat and Tactics class anyway?" I asked.