09-15-2015, 04:25 PM
Xavier had a lot of patients when dealing with his students. He had been mentoring and caring for children and teens for a couple of decades. However, never once had he experienced a child panicking and acting like his home and their school was a prison of horrors. Jack threatening to blow the place up was nothing new. With a house full of raging hormones and emotions threatening to blow something up happened pretty much ever week.
The professor looks at Jack and thinks, ~Calm yourself, Jack. You are the senior student here and you had said you would look out for Malcolm. Getting upset and making threats will not help the situation. If you do not feel that you are up to the task of mentoring Malcolm then I can assign the duty to someone else. If you have a problem with stunning Miranda, which you had to do for everyone's safety, then perhaps you should speak with her about the situation rather then running away.~ His tone was not harsh but it was firm.
Xavier then directs his wheelchair to follow the young man out into the hallway. He stops 10' away and watches Malcolm calmly for a few seconds and then says, "Malcolm, if you wish to leave I will not stop you. But it is 1:30 in the morning and I would be negligent morally and in the eyes of the law if I just opened the front door and let a 14 year old young man run off into the night. So please stay until morning and if after getting a good night sleep you still wish to depart then I can notify the proper authorities to have someone come get you. You don't have to stay in your current room if you do not wish. There are plenty of other empty dorm rooms available and if you would feel safer sleeping with someone else, I can have a cot set up in one of the other student's rooms. The choice is yours."
The professor looks at Jack and thinks, ~Calm yourself, Jack. You are the senior student here and you had said you would look out for Malcolm. Getting upset and making threats will not help the situation. If you do not feel that you are up to the task of mentoring Malcolm then I can assign the duty to someone else. If you have a problem with stunning Miranda, which you had to do for everyone's safety, then perhaps you should speak with her about the situation rather then running away.~ His tone was not harsh but it was firm.
Xavier then directs his wheelchair to follow the young man out into the hallway. He stops 10' away and watches Malcolm calmly for a few seconds and then says, "Malcolm, if you wish to leave I will not stop you. But it is 1:30 in the morning and I would be negligent morally and in the eyes of the law if I just opened the front door and let a 14 year old young man run off into the night. So please stay until morning and if after getting a good night sleep you still wish to depart then I can notify the proper authorities to have someone come get you. You don't have to stay in your current room if you do not wish. There are plenty of other empty dorm rooms available and if you would feel safer sleeping with someone else, I can have a cot set up in one of the other student's rooms. The choice is yours."
