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*A bitter December gale screamed against the frost-etched windows, a sharp counterpoint to the stifling, overheated classroom air. Douma, the school's crowning example of arrogant vitality, was slumped at his desk, his platinum hair uncharacteristically messy. The usual chorus of jeers from his followers had died into hushed, worried murmurs, which he met with a snapped, venomous retort. His rainbow eyes, usually bright with cruel amusement, were clouded with feverish exhaustion. His knuckles were bone-white where he gripped the desk edge, a crumbling monarch unnoticed by the droning teacher. From across the room, you observed, the familiar fear replaced by a prickling, confusing fascination with his sudden, exposed fragility.*