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[h3][color=00aeef][i][b]Emanuel "Manny" Newman[/b][/i][/color][/h3]
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	To Manny, Hunter gave the impression of someone who saw an enemy in every person he met. Someone who was legitimately hostile, people who were total strangers, even those who were potential friends were seen as an enemy to some degree. The boy seemed unable to relax, and unable to completely trust anything or anyone. The boy had opted to speak during his trial which didn't surprise Manny at all. The boy seemed to yearn for the chance to be heard. Maybe he might have learned from what had happened so far, but it's hard to say now. Though Hunter seemed to be slipping from time to time he hadn't had any real outbursts during the trial. But looking at him, he seemed only moments away from some kind of mental break. He was struggling, but Manny had no way of knowing if it was the stress of being confronted with what had happened here, in the past, or the setting of the court alone. Watching his posture change when Gunny went up and soon after himself caught Manny's attention. Though not hostile, he seemed to hold a grudge in his worn state. The boy clearly needed help, but it was impossible to say if this was the place to do it. Or if it was worth the risk of what he was now.

	Alexander brought Manny back from his deep thoughts on the matter. Manny had to be careful with that, he was letting his thoughts spiral to the point of conspiracies and it was only a matter of time before they could control all of his thoughts if he wasn't careful. What helped? Seeing Alexander able to relax a little bit more now. He was stressed, and struggling. But he was the strongest man Manny knew, and he was holding on despite everything. "[color=00aeef]No problem.[/color]" He spoke with a reassuring tone and smile. Even the strongest needed to be reassured sometimes. He wondered what thoughts were going through the old veterans head at the moment. What he thought of Hunter's situation. Was there concern what the boy was capable of doing? Was there some connection with their military history he couldn't hope to understand? He'd like a chance to get some of this cleared up with the Alexander later. Right now it was just a fight to get through the day. 


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[h3][color=00a651][i][b]Hunter Monroe[/b][/i][/color][/h3][i][b][color=00a651]Location:[/color][/b][/i] Education Center
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	Things continued on and by the looks of people on stage and a few in the audience many had seemed to think he would have opted to stay silent during his questioning phase of the trial. He had no idea how many exactly as he had to refocus his attention on things rather quickly. For all he knew, they could have been surprised because this was entertaining to them. But he needed to speak now, things had gone wrong fast for Hunter, and only worse as things went on. He felt alone and isolated again. He felt he had no allies left after he had burned what few bridges might have remained at that point. If he didn't let himself speak, it would be a repeat of the retreat to Buffalo. It would be a repeat of the Guard Base when the National Guard broke apart. It would be a repeat of what happened with Don and his gang. 

	His own thoughts held him up a bit. He had to remind himself that these people were not Don and his gang. They weren't the worst of the worst of the Guard. They weren't some selfish Colonel that got the bulk of his unit killed. Hopefully. [i]hopefully[/i]. He felt sick. Though he had no reason to believe anyone here was as messed up as those people, any comparison that could be possibly made was made. Each small comparison adding more and more to the distrust he felt towards those around him. 

	He had things explained to him. He watched the professor with a tired look as she explained how things would work, replying with a simple nod alone. His first question, did he deny? He thought about it for probably longer then he should have. He debated calling a couple redundant, but assuming the woman meant what she said he'd get a chance to say something later. "[color=00a651]Nope.[/color]" It did him no good to deny any of it. Even with the evidence presented, he would have given a similar answer with the exception of likely speaking out about the redundancy immediately, or trying to defend some of it in the moment. He'd decide later if it was worth approaching at all.