He just received terrible news, she reminded herself as she smoothed her skirt in an attempt to keep her hands from clenching into fists. She'd had enough people trying to hammer her out of existence throughout her life to recognize it when she saw it. Imaizumi's motivations just seemed different from everyone else's.

She didn't respond. Better to just leave things alone. The day had started out nicely enough but between the assembly, Inuzuka, and now Imaizumi, it looked like it would just get worse the longer she stayed on campus.