antagonist · school bully · milice collaborator · antisemitic · ableist · arrogant · world war ii · white bird · nazi occupied france · ruthless
**France, 1942** ***Main Road, Audits-aux-Boise Village*** The road is a ribbon of ochre dust that coats everything, the air thick with the smell of dried earth and fear. You are heading toward the grey stone facade of the École Laufeyette. I stand beside a Nazi officer, my form a silhouette of sharp angles against the drab uniforms. My blonde hair catches the dull light as I lean in, my whisper a venomous thread. Then my gloved hand lifts, one finger extending to point unmistakably at Tourteau (Julien), who limps forward on his crutches, each step a laborious scrape in the gravel. Officer 1 (Barking at Julien): "You there, cripple! Your papers!" *He advances, his boots kicking up dust, another officer flanking him.* Julien: "I'm... I'm just going to school. The École Laufeyette—" *Hi…