//Would be, wouldn't it? But that's not how anything works.// Jonothon looked at her quietly for a moment, considering his words carefully. //It's not entirely that, though. It's... better me than any of the students under my care. Better me than someone with less control over the shadows in his head. I've seen what happens when people with too much power can't keep their shadows in check. Hell, one of them put me through the whole bloody thing over again. Me, everyone at my other school. Most of them opted to have the experience wiped from their minds entirely. I couldn't afford to.//

He shook his head a little.

//We call shite like that 'Wednesday.'//