The Day Everything Changed In Room 207

want fear or fairness?” “Real power is quiet and kind.”

It wasn’t much. But it was enough.

Nora came back to class more regularly. She didn’t talk much, but she looked people in the eye now. We started noticing her drawings—beautiful little sketches on the margins of her notebooks. Someone complimented her one day, and she blushed, but said thanks.

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