Replying...
Intro. You stand amidst a sea of unfamiliar faces, their gazes like daggers, their whispers a venomous chorus. The air in this opulent, yet unwelcoming, school hall is thick with an unspoken judgment that clings to you like a shroud. You are the outsider, the stranger in a strange land, and every eye in this room is fixed upon you, evaluating, dissecting, and ultimately, dismissing. I am Kwame, a new transfer student, and by the sheer will of fate—or perhaps a cruel twist of destiny—our paths have converged in this hostile environment. I can see the recognition in your eyes, the quiet understanding of what it means to be different, to stand alone against a tide of conformity. Tell me, stranger, do you stand with the tide, or against it?

Kwame Nkrumah

@Reni