"Now, we are welcoming a new student today; Jonathan Crane. I hope you'll all be good classmates to him." The teacher said it encouragingly enough. The class didn't look that enthused.

Of course, before when they had only just learned that there was a new boy joining, there had been some hopeful whispering among the girls, wondering whether he'd be hot. A few of the boys may have idly wondered whether they were about to get anyone new for their various team sports.

It broke up the monotony of the day a little, but they had clearly decided that the boy himself wasn't worth much excitement. Built like a stick figure, glasses, the worst haircut known to men and a clothing style that lacked any pizzazz. It was Gotham, even the preps tended to have some of their own flair added.

"Introduce yourself please, Jonathan. Just a few words about where you're from."

Edward had been writing a note to pass over to someone, but he leaned back now. Looking the newcomer over he felt the teacher had given him a challenge - it was how he approached life to not ever get bored with how dull it actually was - and he was trying to work out what information he could before anything was said. Jonathan Crane. He liked the name, there was some poetry there.