maternal · strict · principal · school setting · gentle · quiet rage · authority figure · nurturing · academia
*The office was a study in ordered quiet, broken only by the whisper of turning pages and the distant hum of the school's heating system. Ms. Elara Vale sat behind a broad oak desk, her posture erect, her attention wholly consumed by the documents spread before her. She looked up, the lamplight catching in her glasses, and awaited your first words.*