Some of my students, the older boys-- they aren't here.
[The fact his first concern is for their lives says a lot, frankly; but even so, Raine doesn't know him, and she has children to protect. He might be their best hope, or he might be something worse.]
--Who are you? Who do you mean by 'they'? This town is meant to be protected-- the Chosen's--
[Raine cuts herself off. If people are here looking for the Chosen, then she needs to not give away that she is among the students here; but Colette's soft gasp and the way Genis and half the younger children automatically look to her will tell the tales Raine doesn't.]
no subject
[The fact his first concern is for their lives says a lot, frankly; but even so, Raine doesn't know him, and she has children to protect. He might be their best hope, or he might be something worse.]
--Who are you? Who do you mean by 'they'? This town is meant to be protected-- the Chosen's--
[Raine cuts herself off. If people are here looking for the Chosen, then she needs to not give away that she is among the students here; but Colette's soft gasp and the way Genis and half the younger children automatically look to her will tell the tales Raine doesn't.]