The Rehearsal
“The boy was walking quickly with his head down, taking the stairs two at a time. His hair was cropped close to his skull now, to even up the patch on the crown that the masked boy had snipped. The shorter cut didn’t quite suit him. He looked a little frightened, his ears and forehead protruding too obviously from under the shrunken cap of hair. He was wearing a new shirt.
“Hey,” Stanley said, reaching out a hand to stall him.
The boy turned guilty eyes up at him and nodded a shy hello.
... “I just wanted to say that I went and complained,” Stanley said. His voice sounded huge in the stairwell, spiraling up and up to the floors above and ringing clear and hollow in the vertical shaft like the pealing of a bell. “About what happened.
I went to the Head of Movement and complained.”
“Thanks,” the boy said quietly. “But it’s all right now. It was just a dumb thing.”MoreLess
“Hey,” Stanley said, reaching out a hand to stall him.
The boy turned guilty eyes up at him and nodded a shy hello.
... “I just wanted to say that I went and complained,” Stanley said. His voice sounded huge in the stairwell, spiraling up and up to the floors above and ringing clear and hollow in the vertical shaft like the pealing of a bell. “About what happened.
I went to the Head of Movement and complained.”
“Thanks,” the boy said quietly. “But it’s all right now. It was just a dumb thing.”MoreLess
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