[ On the opposite end of things, Thomas Brennan can tell instantly that his son is panicked, scared in a way that the boy really never has been before. When Alec starts babbling about "breaking the rules" it takes nearly the whole drive home to pry out of him that he means the magic rules and not the same old rules Alec has been breaking since the day he set foot on campus.
It takes a good while more to convince Alec that no one is coming to take him or the other boy, this Henry, away. Accidents happen, and no one saw them, so it's okay.
But what really nags at the back of the man's mind is that it is a small a community of magic users in this area, and everyone knows everyone - or at least knows of them, and "Creel" certainly does not ring a bell.
Later that night, Thomas steps into Alec's room and sits him down for a talk.
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In a perhaps strange turn of events for Henry, Alec does not appear to antagonize him at all the next morning. They pass in the hallway, but Alec turns his gaze away, a strange look of frustration on his face.
When the children all file into the cafeteria for lunch, only then does Alec step forward, cornering Henry in some quiet corner of the hall before either of them can step in to join the rest. ]
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It takes a good while more to convince Alec that no one is coming to take him or the other boy, this Henry, away. Accidents happen, and no one saw them, so it's okay.
But what really nags at the back of the man's mind is that it is a small a community of magic users in this area, and everyone knows everyone - or at least knows of them, and "Creel" certainly does not ring a bell.
Later that night, Thomas steps into Alec's room and sits him down for a talk.
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In a perhaps strange turn of events for Henry, Alec does not appear to antagonize him at all the next morning. They pass in the hallway, but Alec turns his gaze away, a strange look of frustration on his face.
When the children all file into the cafeteria for lunch, only then does Alec step forward, cornering Henry in some quiet corner of the hall before either of them can step in to join the rest. ]
Hey.
[ Yeah, that's it. Hey. ]