[ Teachers can do it. Michael is right. Some of Ash's tutors were actual teachers and even those who didn't assault him knew they were teaching the victim of a pedophile. ]
It's good that you're taking time away until you're feel better.
[ Ash is glad Michael given that time. ]
And I'm going to sound like those guys who came to your class and talked about stranger danger, but everything I'm saying is based on science and facts, okay?
The people who've hurt me, they're because I didn't have somebody like your mom and dad in my past. My own mom took off, and my old man didn't want to be a dad at all so after my brother passed, I didn't have anybody. These people, they're cowards. They don't want to get in trouble. So, they pick people who they think nobody will care about. They don't pick the kid who has a mother with a shotgun or the dad who'll tear down the school with his hands. They pick the boy or girl who's sitting alone and has to walk home and school or never has anybody show up for a conference.
The people who hurt your mom, the guys who grabbed us, they're tied to that kind of past. The men who did this saw that past and thought they'd be able to do the same thing. They thought nobody would fight for me. That's why what your mom and dad are doing now is important. They're catching the bad guys, but it's more personal. They're telling the world that it's not true anymore. They're watching and if somebody is dumb enough to do this, they're going to make them pay too.
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It's good that you're taking time away until you're feel better.
[ Ash is glad Michael given that time. ]
And I'm going to sound like those guys who came to your class and talked about stranger danger, but everything I'm saying is based on science and facts, okay?
The people who've hurt me, they're because I didn't have somebody like your mom and dad in my past. My own mom took off, and my old man didn't want to be a dad at all so after my brother passed, I didn't have anybody. These people, they're cowards. They don't want to get in trouble. So, they pick people who they think nobody will care about. They don't pick the kid who has a mother with a shotgun or the dad who'll tear down the school with his hands. They pick the boy or girl who's sitting alone and has to walk home and school or never has anybody show up for a conference.
The people who hurt your mom, the guys who grabbed us, they're tied to that kind of past. The men who did this saw that past and thought they'd be able to do the same thing. They thought nobody would fight for me. That's why what your mom and dad are doing now is important. They're catching the bad guys, but it's more personal. They're telling the world that it's not true anymore. They're watching and if somebody is dumb enough to do this, they're going to make them pay too.