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  March 18th

  Me and new pal Lem were made School Modulators today. Takes too much time out of studies, though. Girl in my class asked me on a date because of my new job. Said that I was an Official Bully. Modulators are meant to slap the weak into gear. Headmaster doesn’t like weak kids. He scares me a bit. That board of his, that model of the town. And some tarantula spider thing he kept in a space under that model, deep in the table. We could hear it pattering around, probably trying to get out. Saw down through the model of the school well, saw it passing by. And I hate spiders.

  Got some respect though. Bullies who used to pick on me don’t now. Seems to be my job to go round and weed out the weak. No fun though.