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Aurus' guess would be fairly accurate - he did want to keep that level of boundary with most of his students. He was their teacher, they were his students, but it also went a little bit into the fatherly territory at times. There was just a knack with taking in children with him.
Charles' expression changed to not quite sadness, maybe a small bit of bitterness himself but tempered by experience. He gave a quiet sigh, looking over his shoulder towards the children making their way into the school, and nodded. "Unfortunately, that might be true for a while to come. We bring them in sometimes from... horrific situations. Neglect all the way to outright torture in one case. The best of the worst still means they're being treated differently by their own family and friends. We do get lucky and find the families who just honestly want a good place for their children and find it here, or who at least honestly want help even if they're beyond their limits. Sometimes... they just want to wash their hands clean of this monster who took over their child." Those last few words were spoken with a hint of spite, as if someone had actually said that to him at some point (they had).
"But it takes time to help the ones who come from bad situations. One of my staff is a trained-" he hesitated, thinking Aurus wouldn't know the word possibly, "-specialist who deals with helping children through difficult times and that's all she does. We try to teach them to handle their powers comfortably but safely even as we teach their minds, but it isn't a perfect program."
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Aurus' guess would be fairly accurate - he did want to keep that level of boundary with most of his students. He was their teacher, they were his students, but it also went a little bit into the fatherly territory at times. There was just a knack with taking in children with him.
Charles' expression changed to not quite sadness, maybe a small bit of bitterness himself but tempered by experience. He gave a quiet sigh, looking over his shoulder towards the children making their way into the school, and nodded. "Unfortunately, that might be true for a while to come. We bring them in sometimes from... horrific situations. Neglect all the way to outright torture in one case. The best of the worst still means they're being treated differently by their own family and friends. We do get lucky and find the families who just honestly want a good place for their children and find it here, or who at least honestly want help even if they're beyond their limits. Sometimes... they just want to wash their hands clean of this monster who took over their child." Those last few words were spoken with a hint of spite, as if someone had actually said that to him at some point (they had).
"But it takes time to help the ones who come from bad situations. One of my staff is a trained-" he hesitated, thinking Aurus wouldn't know the word possibly, "-specialist who deals with helping children through difficult times and that's all she does. We try to teach them to handle their powers comfortably but safely even as we teach their minds, but it isn't a perfect program."