Part II, Chapter X — The Mirror
Some rooms teach you how to belong. Others teach you who you are.
Rush had been happening for weeks.
Not all at once. Never that. It accumulated the way weather did, almost impossible to notice until suddenly everyone was talking about the same names.
The dining hall.
Football games.
Late-night study breaks in the chapter room.
Freshmen lingering a little longer after dinner.
Brothers suddenly taking different routes across…



