"..."
For a second, only silence filled the hall.
Then someone in the commoner section stood up, his voice cracking with emotion.
"VICE PRESIDENT!"
Another stood, then five more, then twenty and then fifty.
The entire commoner section rose to their feet, students shouting, crying, raising fists in the air.
"DAMIAN!"
"WE WON'T WASTE IT!"
"THANK YOU!"
The noise built like a wave, crashing over the hall, first-years caught up in it, older students joining in, the sound becoming deafening as hundreds of voices merged into one roar of determination and gratitude.
Damian raised one hand.
And the hall went silent in seconds. Everyone sat back down, watching him with faces full of emotion too complex to name.
