How It All Goes Down
- Will runs for class. He's late, and the professor embarrasses him in front of the whole class.
- What course is this, Potions class?
- No, this is "Civics: Profiles in Power and Realpolitik" (20.13). Sounds less like Defense against the Dark Arts and more like just plain Dark Arts.
- The teacher is Professor Sangren.
- After class, Sangren tells Will that he intimidated him on purpose.
- Sangren wants to determine if Will belongs at the Center, which he says "is a meritocracy" (20.65).
- Will worries that he won't make the grade and will get kicked out of the Center.
- Back at the dorm, Elise, who was in Sangren's class with him, tells Will to "stop hiding" (20.96).
- According to her, Will doesn't have to fly under the radar anymore.
- Elise tells Will to show himself and trust somebody, but Will isn't sure if he can even trust himself.
- If we were as manipulative as Will is, we wouldn't trust ourselves either.