Hal was thrown off of his usual cool at the moment that controversial footage flashed on the gym's big screen.
He has shared the same affronted shock as the whole class when it started playing, but as it went on, he felt the raging ascendance of something deeply aggravating within him. Watching Eli get shoved, upbraided, and dragged around has woken a perilous brewing in him - one he thought he would never feel again after conquering his fiercest nemesis.
"Eh? Hal? Where are you going?" Ethan blurted out in surprise as Hal dropped the ball and started sprinting away all of the sudden.
He ignored his call and just continued to make a dash for it, catching everyone's attention. His friends could only watch him in flummox at that point.
