Originally Posted by Slytherin Fox

Antonio turned to Jack again. "Jack, I told you to can the attitude. You don't have to have your defenses up all the time and it isn't going to help you by acting the way you are. I think the truth is that you've suffered, people don't act the way you do for no reason. Something has hit you, something hard that you'd rather forget and not talk about, but you are going to tell me what that thing is. You can't bottle up inside you and hope it'll go away or take on a rough exterior and try to laugh things off, that isn't the solution. Have you heard of St. Mungo's?" Antonio looked at him. "People who act the way you do usually end up there if they keep their feelings suppressed the way you are, and I really don't want to see that happen to you. You're the only one who can stop it, Jack. It's up to you. I'm here to help you if you are." Antonio was quite sincere in what he was telling Jack, he would do anything to help him right now.

"It's okay, John, there aren't any snakes here in this room. A lot of people are afraid of snakes, but you don't have to worry, we don't have any here." Antonio knew that fear of snakes was one of the more common fears that people had. "Don't worry. And I like the name Moiser, it's a good name." He smiled. "Nice to start over again. Why don't you go ahead and change back into your regular school uniform, I don't think you need to wear that clown suit any more."