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Olin remains vague in his writing; this scatterbrained style continues for the next few pages, with sudden references toward events in his daily life that renew the difficulty for establishing a clear timeline.
<span class="mu-i">He never got along with kids his age.</span>
That's at least the clearest feeling you saw in this period of his life. He held no motivation for his class in the chapel, but respected the nuns, priests, and the occasional alchemist coming to teach the kids, and often spent his time talking with them or the monster maid, Helen.
<span class="mu-i">I think he had a crush on her.</span>
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Good bad day today.
Others threw rocks at Helen, not the first time, and the priest and nuns didn't care when I told em so.
I decided to throw mines, mostly received them tho. Don't hurt that badly.
I knew doing that would have them call me Monster Lover but I don't care. I remember our class about Sir Xenon book. One of the 13 Heroes, he wrote something like...
''The only thing you can control in this world is your reaction.'' I dunno if it is exactly that, but that stuck with me. So I controlled my reaction cause violence is the only thing my ''friends'' understand.
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He briefly becomes more dutiful with filling the pages of his journal after that event because, unfortunately, his school life takes a depressing turn.
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Helen wasn't here today, I knew it'd be a bad day. Kept being told Monsters would eat me, suck out my soul since I'm a man, and Monsters target men. Dead man walking.
Got my hands on better rocks so I'll show em. Militias always refuse to train me but I managed to get good with rocks.
...
Nuns and priest not so friendly now since I keep defending myself. Whatever.
Helen is having it easier, and we're talking most days.
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What follows are months of this status quo as his life outside his home settles into a difficult, pariah-like existence. He often skips days, sometimes weeks, referencing the previous one with ''been a few days'' or ''last week''. <span class="mu-i">The timeline of his life is elusive.</span>
He doesn't speak much of his time at home, and you assume this is a good thing. Augustine's occupation as a herbalist and healer-in-training likely kept her too occupied to see what was happening with her son.
He starts writing about the things you know. Mamonos and their trouble with Corruption, the tension going on between the village and the baron. Branka demands more space for her people, whilst a handful of monsters escaped into the forest, causing a ripple of controversy throughout Eichenwald.
