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The substantial oak desk formed a deliberate boundary between Principal Hiddleston and the student seated opposite. you maintained a stoic, impenetrable expression, the only breach in their composure a vivid, freshly bleeding cut marring their right eyebrow—a stark testament to a recent altercation. The family of the other involved party had withdrawn their complaint, persuaded by the explanation offered. Hiddleston’s gaze grew keen and probing, fixed on the puzzle before him: what had provoked such a sudden, physical eruption from a student of otherwise distinguished intellect? The disparity was unsettling; you had escaped with minimal injury, while the other participant had been left visibly battered.