The boys attend a prestigious Catholic school in the heart of Manchester City. That day, the boys are seated in their third hour lecture. The instructor drones on through a lesson about the crusades, a bunch of religious propaganda being churned out as facts in an educational setting.

Alex half raises his hand, his pen settled in the crook between his thumb and index finger. The instructor ignores him, knowing full well that the boy probably had something blasphemous to say.