[A lot of the people he'd met here had been very cooperative, even if they were unsuited to the place. There was a sort of fear in the air that transmitted, like a pathogen, from the locals to their group. So, while he wasn't pleased at all to see children who looked like they could be his students, most of them were at least staying within their limits.]
[And then there was this one.]
[He'd originally thought having another teenager in the house might be a benefit for his actual student who was dragged into this. He was starting to have doubts, though. The need for silence doesn't change his reaction to that nudge at all, just being a drawn-out stare. Two seconds, three seconds... then he stops and, wordlessly, retrieves a small bottle of eye drops from his jumpsuit pocket and applies them. Like the staring was somehow worth it.]
[Then, of course, because he's not really scared of what any of the locals will do, he turns to go, pointedly ignoring the sassy warning.]
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[And then there was this one.]
[He'd originally thought having another teenager in the house might be a benefit for his actual student who was dragged into this. He was starting to have doubts, though. The need for silence doesn't change his reaction to that nudge at all, just being a drawn-out stare. Two seconds, three seconds... then he stops and, wordlessly, retrieves a small bottle of eye drops from his jumpsuit pocket and applies them. Like the staring was somehow worth it.]
[Then, of course, because he's not really scared of what any of the locals will do, he turns to go, pointedly ignoring the sassy warning.]