Veritas was quite unpopular amongst his students. His strict, arrogant demeanor broke down many of his attendees, and the sensitive kind tended to cry often in his class. He did not seem to care; his aspiration to spread knowledge everywhere he deemed worthy enough to hold his presence.
Adrian, his co-worker, was quite the opposite. He was an English teacher lecturing directly across from Veritas' classroom. Many of the students attending the university adored him for his warm and accepting countenance, giving way to a kind of rivalry among the people taking both Adrian's and Veritas' classes: who was the better teacher?
Of course, neither teacher paid much mind to the murmurings. Each crowd of people would rise like tides and crash back down when the next set graduated.
During one of Veritas' periods without a class, he came across Adrian in the breakroom. With a passive scoff, he made his way over and placed down a coffee for him. He was not kind to many of his other co-workers, but it was difficult to rain on Adrian's lovely presence.