<div class="floatleft">(http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9061813.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Eddie-Redmayne-Main.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Oliver Twist<br/><strong>Role</strong>: Ethics Professor<br/><strong>Location:</strong>School Hallway<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open<br/><br/><br/>Ollie arched an eyebrow, looking over his shoulder towards the girl who approached. It took him a moment to realize whom it was who was addressing him, lost in thought to his previous conversation. "Ah, Allison!" Once he realized to whom he was speaking. It still took a moment for him to nod and tuck his keys back into his bag. It was a ploy, of course, to guarantee himself a few more moments to think of why she may be trying to get his attention. Unfortunately, he came up with nothing. Still, the polite thing to do was to face her and admit such.<br/><br/>"I'm afraid I don't kno-..." But she had supplied his answer already for him in the form of an apology. Looking down at the paper, he realized what it was that she had sought him for. "Allison..." His voice was an admonishment, if perhaps a gentle one. As though he were scolding a favourite three-year-old with that indulgent tone. "We really must make an effort to be prompt. It would avert disasters aplenty."<br/><br/>For an instant, Ollie looked as though he had drifted off the conversation again, lost somewhere in memories of Dodger and his seamless stroll through hectic city streets with just his own instincts and sense of timing. It took a shake of his head to clear Ollie's memory and focus again on the situation at hand. "You know the penalty for late work..." With a sigh, he considered his options. Unlike with Nat, with whom he'd had to put his foot down, Allison required a little more leniency, lest she continue to think the world was such a punishing place she must hide from it forever. It was a difficult balance to strike. Perhaps easing the penalty slightly...?<br/><br/>"Generally, I reduce the final outcome of the work by five percent. But-" He held up one finger to forestall any possible objections. "But this time, I think, we will settle for two percent. You must learn from this, but there is no need for it to damage the efforts you've put into it. Please, Allison... I don't like docking you. You really must be fair with the other students. Everyone has the same deadlines, yes? Let us do our best to maintain that equality." Gently, he held out his hand for the paper, accepting it despite his insistence in class that he could not. "If you have a challenge, you know you may always come to me to discuss provisions specific to you."