Torie was staring at one of the portraits and shaking his head. Why was it they insisted on making fun of his hair and his ganglyness? Did he have a sticker on his forehead saying 'tease me' or something? He growled at the portrait and said to stop going on about his hair. It wasn't his fault his hair wouldn't lay flat! What was he supposed to do about it? He wasn't exactly going to put stuff in his hair to make it lay flat, that just looked weird!

He frowned at the portrait and turned his back to it and sat down on the floor a little ways away. Peace and quiet, as long as he ignored the comments right? He sat down with his book and notebook to start writing in.