Kon smirked, though his lips pressed together in a way that was still slightly rueful.
"I'm dealing with it. Got my old man put away for it. Luckily, I, uh, I had this mentor take me in. Someone who'd been good to me my whole life. Once he knew what was going on, he was furious. Good guy - one of the best people I know. He helped me turn out a lot better than I would've if my dad was the only one there - especially with no mom in the picture. He always knew I was probably going to leave the faction, though."
"I never knew," said Will, compassionately. The spell supplied what it needed. "I always thought your father'd done something else to get himself turned out factionless. Something sinister in Erudite leadership."
"Oh, I am sure he did something like that, too. He was about as awful a human being as he was bald, and you could probably see the sun reflecting on his head from space," joked Kon.
"Anyway," He nodded in the direction Four had left in, "He started it."
Kon raised his eyebrows. "Everyone in charge here seems to love playing at mister tough guy. They wanna push people around, act like that's what being brave means? Well then I'm not scared to push back. Been doing it since I was one."
Technically true.
"If they think that's actually tough, actually strong, they don't know what real strength or courage is. Real strength or courage is looking out for people, not tearing 'em down. It's even in the manifesto. 'We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.' Guess I'm the only one that did the reading. It's a pretty sad state of things when a student can take teacher to school."
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"I'm dealing with it. Got my old man put away for it. Luckily, I, uh, I had this mentor take me in. Someone who'd been good to me my whole life. Once he knew what was going on, he was furious. Good guy - one of the best people I know. He helped me turn out a lot better than I would've if my dad was the only one there - especially with no mom in the picture. He always knew I was probably going to leave the faction, though."
"I never knew," said Will, compassionately. The spell supplied what it needed. "I always thought your father'd done something else to get himself turned out factionless. Something sinister in Erudite leadership."
"Oh, I am sure he did something like that, too. He was about as awful a human being as he was bald, and you could probably see the sun reflecting on his head from space," joked Kon.
"Anyway," He nodded in the direction Four had left in, "He started it."
Kon raised his eyebrows. "Everyone in charge here seems to love playing at mister tough guy. They wanna push people around, act like that's what being brave means? Well then I'm not scared to push back. Been doing it since I was one."
Technically true.
"If they think that's actually tough, actually strong, they don't know what real strength or courage is. Real strength or courage is looking out for people, not tearing 'em down. It's even in the manifesto. 'We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.' Guess I'm the only one that did the reading. It's a pretty sad state of things when a student can take teacher to school."