Pride is soaring inside my heart in seeing Jarius kneeling in front of me. I can see the humiliation in his eyes that he's trying to hide. Humiliation of being made fun off by students who are way, way out of his league, his used to be playthings when he was treated as a god here in Martenei four years ago.
I wanted to laugh as the students continously threw their food at him. Literal na naliligo siya ng pagkain. I wanted to ask him: Ano Jarius? Nasaan na ang tapang mo ngayon? Nasaan na ang kapangyarihan mo bilang isang Martenei? Bakit pumapayag kang pagtawanan? Bakit ka pumamayag na gawin nila ang nakakainsulto at nakakahiyang ginagawa nila ngayon sayo?
But I can't bring my self to ask those questions because I know, his answer would be 'because of me'.
So I just watched as students ma
