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Haneul was lost. He had somehow managed to lose his group, during the tour, no less, and was aimlessly walking around, trying to see if he could miraculously stumble upon them again. There was a small directions board, and he figured he would try and make sense of where he was. The group had said they were going to visit a training room, but the letters on the board were less than helpful. He hadn't really had an education before, and his reading and writing skills were on par with that of a first grader. Actually first graders were probably more familiar with reading and writing than he was.
It took him a while, but the words on the board slowly started to make sense. "Caf...te...ria?" He mumbled the parts of the word before it clicked in his head what the word said. Cafeteria! Haneul's face broke into a small smile of success. Now to find the training room. Training should start with T-R, right? He was scanning the board for words that started with those letters, when he heard a condescending voice from just behind him.
"Are you actually lost in here? What were doing? Got lost in the big boy's section of the gift shop?" The insult didn't make much sense to Haneul; the school didn't have a gift shop. But he was aware that the tone wasn't a good one, and the mocking lilt gave away that he was being taunted. He stayed quiet, turning around to face not one but two physically larger males. Instantly, his fingernails found the palm of his hand and dug in as he tried not to have a panic attack right there. It probably wouldn't help his case.
"Are you a mute on top of being dumb? How long does it take someone to find a room on a map anyways? Can't you read, dumbass? Maybe your group ditched you because you're just dragging them down."
Haneul blinked, his face impassive, but his fingernails digging deeper into his palm. At least this was all verbal, at least they weren't making any physical threats. It probably wouldn't be wise to do so anyways, with it being the first day and all. Haneul couldn't imagine a school that encouraged bullying. Now it was just a matter of getting out of this situation. Hopefully the bullies would decide that he wasn't worth taunting and leave him alone
