School of the Shark [Open]

Alfredo kept safely in the back of the room, trying not to pay too much attention to what was going on. It didn’t matter if Lelei could take it or not. The whole ordeal just made him uncomfortable. Really, though, who liked watching someone get beat up? Alfedo could barely keep his eyes open.

He was quick to scurry out the door at the end of class, but somehow Lelei caught him. More praise for Sylvia… He bit his lip. She wasn’t even that great, but she’d gotten a handle of all of this before he could. Well, of course she did! She had that weird alien power!

That didn’t mean he liked it, though. “Of – of course you were being too harsh!” He crossed his arms, but with his size he didn’t look very menacing. “All that talk about – about inner strength and everything – I’m a show rabbit! None of that applies to me!” He turned his head away with a small “hmph” and an upturning of the nose. “That’s not the sort of thing I’m good at.”

Sylvia felt proud after being complimented by Mr.Lelei, but it looked like Alfredo hadn't taken what the instructor had said very well. 'Oh no, we was pushed pretty hard, but I think he did really good.'. She reached out a hand to put on Alfredo's shoulder to try and comfort him, but pulled away deciding that he should probably be left alone for a bit. 'Maybe Mr.Lelei will say something wise to cheer him up, its not good for people ot be angry like that.' Sylvia thought to herself with a frown.

Alfredo was all ready to fight about this, so it was rather shocking when Lelei immediately conceded. The sight of someone so much larger than him getting on one knee and apologizing… it stopped him in his tracks, to be honest, and in his silence he began to feel somewhat guilty for yelling at him like that.

Lelei… understood? That was surprising. “Ah, well, I was just saying – it was a bit alarming, that’s all.” Now that Lelei was going on about making things up to him and such, he really did feel bad. “I don’t really know if there’s anything you could do anyways…” He looked down for a while, then suddenly brightened up. “Oh! Unless you would happen to know where I could get glasses?”

Sylvia felt herself brighten up when she saw Alfredo in a better mood. "Im still pretty new around here, but id be happy to help you look for glasses." Sylvia said politely. "And if you ever need someone to talk to ill be there to listen ok?".

Everyone was so willing to help — and Alfredo found himself smiling despite himself, although he also jolted when Lelei hit the ground. Like a boulder or something...

"Then I — I'll look around for you! We could meet — by the main entrance, maybe? That sounds about right." He nodded, more sure of himself now. "In any case I couldn't miss you anyways, I'm sure I'll know if you're around." Lelei was not... easily missed.

He nodded to the two of them eagerly, and then left with a bit of a skip in his step.