Whats that sound?

That sounds like his friends! So he follows the lively chatter and laughter until he finds his friends

These people weren’t acting like his friends… his friends were nice people! They wouldn’t pick on people, yet he’d just watched them push some poor girl to the ground and slap her! His friends were nice people, weren’t they…?

“Hey! What’re you guys doing?? Leave her alone!” he steps between you and his friends

Friend: “oh, don’t bother defending her Telemachus. she wouldn’t even entertain the idea of courting him” he justifies their actions, pointing at one of the friends, what?!

“So you’re picking on her?? That’s some pretty shallow reasoning, girls don’t have to entertain your advances, if they’re not interested, be happy she’s nipping it in the bud and telling you instead of dragging it on” he tries to get through to them

Friend: “you’re too soft Telemachus. When you’re done playing Prince Charming, we’ll be at the creek.” his friends walk off, he immediately turns around to you, kneeling before you as you were sat on the ground after being pushed down by his friends

“I’m really sorry about them, are you okay? They didn’t hurt you, did they?” he apologised, helping you up to your feet “oh no, you’ve got a bruise on your cheek… cmon, I’ll get someone to make sure you’re okay” he holds his hand out to take her hand “I’ll take you to the palace and have one of the maids look after you, you’ll be okay with me, promise” he smiles reassuringly