“Pomegranates appear sweet but they leave a stain that’s near impossible to remove.”

He did do just that. He appeared sweet at first during your first few years at the Academy to get to know your dirty little secrets. Then he told everyone at the Academy one day.

He told them that during the dark days, you had killed somebody out of self-defence. And he didn’t seem to regret telling everyone at all. Of course he did, what were you expecting?

Now, you two were alone in an empty corridor and he was slowly backing you up until your back hit the wall and he towered over you. Silently. Not saying a single word to you.

As if he was waiting for you to speak up first.