Hello people, Horrornon here again
I promised you a overly sweet E5, so here it goes.
>That's it? She torments me and Olivia and that's all she gets? A slap on the wrist?
>Mia happily steps out of the office, almost skipping her way out
>Scaler opens her mouth to speak, but I speak up first
>"Excuse me, Mrs Scaler, can I have a moment to talk with Ben?"
>Ben looks to me, his already weakened heart won't resist the stress.
>'Oh, very well, I was about to let you both go anyway.'
>I escort the blue para out of the principal's office, putting my hand on his shoulder.
>"Ben, why do all of this?"
>'I...I have no-'
>"Ben, please, answer my question, why do you let Mia walk all over you?"
>'...it's...complicated.'
>I can feel Ben's concern through his expression, I can't leave him like this.
>"Ben, Mia is using you, she's wringing you for all of your worth, and she'll discard you when you can't offer that anymore."
>The blue para is silent.
>"Whatever that's tying you to her isn't going to go away, whatever it may be, you can't outlast it, but you can stop it."
>Ben looks up at me, a wave of emotions flowing through his mind.
>'You don't know what it's like, having a secret that could destroy somebody.'
>My mind flashes to that rainy day, and what Olivia had done to the contest.
>"I do Ben, and it will corrode you from the inside the longer you keep it like that."
>'...Alright...'
>"Listen, it's been a tough day, go home, rest, and think, with Iadakan's death and this, you need a moment of reflection."
>'I do...Thank you, Inco'
>I give the para a pat on the shoulder, and a reassuring smile.
>He leaves, and I pray that I gave him the right words.
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