Fun fact: Louise is, in fact, the captain of the Debate Society. Why you ask? Because there is no greater pleasure to her than beating down a person with words. It is a part of her personality and the core of her talents.

Lietman looked like he wanted to start a fight, but a look from Anderson stopped him. You do not pick fights in Louise's presence.

The small girl thought about what to say for roughly half a second, before responding.

"Oh? So self-defense is what you're claiming then? Self-defense implies that she would defend against her aggressors and her aggressors only. What part of what she did looked like reasonable self-defense to you? Also your trying to shift the blame on them is useless. On the topic of Therese's stress, what about _Lietmans_ stress? As you said, he is his _boss_ and it is _in fact_ his job to oversee their fight. The stakes on the position of liuetenant of a Ruler are _no joke_, and it's fairly accurate that he was under _more_ stress than Therese; does that mean Therese is in the wrong for not complying with him and telling him where Michael was?. This moot point anyway. I already said that they would get their own sentences, but first off:

"Michael is a known prankster. What he did might be written of as sexual harassment, however, did he ever once express purpose in regards to this towards Thisa? Based on past precedent, he did not. He plays this jokes on men as well as women and the places he appears in are the ones were his target would be most embarrassed. He once poked his head out of a junior football players jacket, but he didn't claim sexual harassment, now did he? Oh, it's definitely stupid to pop out of a woman's skirt, but is there even one instance of him touching Thisa at an inappropriate place?

"Secondly: What the girl did no longer counts as self-defense. It destroyed property, endangered more than just her target, and she explicitly expressed anger towards _everyone_ in the cafeteria. This changes the picture completely, and is the main point of her sentence. She-over-did-it."

Louise took a deep breath. 

"Also, boy, you're killing your own character here. What you're doing right now is protecting her. You're trying to share some of the punishment. Yes, you are helping her, but the nature of that is by taking the blows for her. You really think she's more than capable? The why the fuck did you not respect her wishes and back off, instead you continued your own relentless defending of her despite her wishes. Get it? You're not doing her any favors, Harold.

"Lastly . . . you couldn't stop Michael or Lietman from doing what they did, so _instead_ you just watch and wait until a crisis comes where you have the ability to solve it? That's low, Harold. Just because you _can't help, you won't_? Ha! In that regard, even Lietman is better than you are! Besides, there are so many things you _could_ have done! You could have talked to Michael, who might have have stopped Lietman and his actions, or you could have talked to Anderson, who _definitely_ would have stopped them both! 

"_Face it_: You just stood by and watched while that all went on, never even considering the possibility of preventing this disaster just because you felt like you couldn't do a thing. You're _useless_ here and sadly inept at _'helping your best friend'_ - so just what do you hope to accomplish here anyway?"