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What are his most prominent emotional reactions?
- Shutting down, closing off.
How does he channel and work through these emotions?
- He channels them through music.

What are his sources of stress?
- Abrupt events that are often out of his control.
How does he handle stress?
- Stress causes him a lot of nausea. Fresh air and long walks usually do the trick.

What are his sources of happiness?
- He feels happiness in everything, but most often it comes from the peacefulness in his life.
How does he feel happiness?
- He feels an overwhelming softness.

What are his defining characteristics?
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How did he develop these characteristics?
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What is his biggest fear?
- Losing control of a situation, abrupt changes, etc.
How did he develop this fear?
- He didn’t have a lot of freedom as a child and never really got to settle with a solid home.

What is his biggest goal?
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How does he plan to accomplish this goal?
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August is a nice kid, but trouble is not uncommon in his friend group. He, and his family members, are not super shocked that he’s gotten into trouble again.

At first, he is not ecstatic about going home. He’s not dreading it, either. It’s just… an inconvenience. While his peers are all jumping on the “parental hatred” and “teen rebellion” trains, he’s more annoyed about all these decisions being made for him. His friends are all telling him “good luck” or “i hope you make it back alive.” It feels a little weird that they’re all so worried or praying for him and he’s only a little disturbed.

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August doesn’t spend time at home. Even during the summers, he’s always out with friends. Because of this, he’s convinced his home has changed whilst he’s been gone. As well as his need to be in control, August is also afraid of change (they’re kind of a package deal). With this assumption that everything at home has changed, as well as his past experiences at home where he’s felt controlled and powerless, he isn’t exactly ecstatic about going home.

When he arrives at home, he’s pleasantly surprised. His age grants him more freedom, his family and his home… have actually barely changed. He’s overwhelmed with nostalgia for his childhood and relief for all his stress.

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Just when he gets comfortable, it’s all torn away from him. His memories are all taken away. His security is taken away. His safe place is taken away. People get hurt and his family is stressed and it’s all so overwhelming.

He spirals into feelings of guilt and frustration. Yet another situation that he can’t control. He was there minutes before the fire started and he couldn’t stop it.

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His family is stressed. Many things are in disarray for them. It’s all very messy.

When his parents decide to send him back to school, in the midst of this family crisis, he feels angry. They shouldn’t be allowed to make that decision. He wants to stay and help his family in this time of need and they just get to send him off. It isn’t fair. He fights back, arguing that he should choose whether or not he stays, but they shut him down. He’s sent back anyways.

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Feeling defeated, August takes the trip back to school. He feels powerless and weak. He took his stand, he fought back, and they kept their control on him.

He falls into a pit of depression. He fails in school, overwhelmed by the tight schedule and strict rules. But August Moreau, with his pride and fear of weakness, can’t bear to ask for help. So instead, he struggles.

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August starts getting close to a good friend of his. This bond is important to him because he is not one to open up. But because he feels he can trust this person, as well as the control he feels he has on what is shared or kept secret, he lets himself open up.

This friend is someone who is very empathetic and cares for August a great deal. Once the burden becomes too much for them, they reach out to the school’s counselor.

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When August is put on her “special list,” things change. He notices his schedule being modified, as well as being put under special watch by the school’s staff. He’s not completely aware of what’s happening, or why, but he knows something is changing.

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He feels powerless. He feels betrayed. He created a home out of this school, then it all started changing and he could do nothing about it.

It was all his friend’s fault. He trusted them and they just… spilled. There was no pressure, no rhyme or reason, they chose to tell everyone about his every struggle.

He confronts them and they have it out. Not physically, of course. Still, they are both wounded by the argument.

August is aggressive. He's convinced that He’s the victim, they’re the monster. How could they do this? He shouts and throws out insults like knives. They, however, attack back. They tell him off. What an asshole. They call out all his bullshit and leave him to question everything he knows about himself. Maybe this is the perspective he needed?

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What are his most prominent emotional reactions?
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How does he channel and work through these emotions?
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What are his sources of stress?
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How does he handle stress?
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What are his sources of happiness?
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How does he feel happiness?
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What are his defining characteristics?
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How did he develop these characteristics?
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What is his biggest fear?
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How did he develop this fear?
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What is his biggest goal?
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How does he plan to accomplish this goal?
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What did he learn?
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How does he plan to grow from this point forward?
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