I gave up editing here and there, so I removed the post and re-posted. x_X'
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My impression of the boy (a.k.a The Loner) is that he is very pessimistic. Though I think that the boy just wants to be accepted by the children, this can be inferred as the boy goes out to the playground every recess to watch people play, but he himself just leans against the wall and does “boredom beating tricks” like “smacks his hands against the bricks”, “traces patterns with his feet” and “scuffs to make the tarmac squeak”. All these shows that he is very bored of waiting for others to talk to him. He did not take initiative to go and talk to the children and ask if he could join, he thinks that the others are going to reject him even before he asked. Thus, I think he is very pessimistic.

My impressions of the children are that they are not friendly and initiative, as none of them went up to talk to the boy. They also had no thoughts of accepting the boy into their clique. They also whisper when they walk past him, maybe they were gossiping about him, about how he has no friends and whatsoever. Sometimes, they “pass by him and never speaks”, meaning that they don’t wish to share their thoughts with him. But, from “and neither he nor we will yield”, I think that they are waiting for the boy to cave in to them and ask first, which is not going to happen anytime soon, they themselves know it best, I think that they should go up and talk to the boy, instead of just staring and laughing at him.

Shiroi-chan♥