"Admit it, apologize, and tell me who else helped, and I'll leave it at that," he says. "Keep playing around and you'll really regret it."

"I don't know what you're talking about!" he insists.

Pain spell, just for a second.

...He doesn't say anything at all immediately after that.

Tassairen waits.

Slight whimpering?

"Well?"

He names Raokani and one other boy.

"And admit what you did and tell me you're sorry," says Tassairen, very patiently.

It takes him most of a minute to gather enough ability to words to string together the admission and apology.

"Good."

Tassairen lets him go and walks away. Now, where will he find the other two?

Raokani is in the dormitory.

Now Raokani is immobilized on the floor! It's going around!

"I don't like it when people mess with my things," he says again.

Raokani also attempts to protest innocence, but is worse at it.

He breaks Raokani's leg and repeats his offer. Admit it, apologize, name your conspirators, and a broken leg is the worst you'll get.

...Raokani breaks. He names Sinatu and the same older boy that Sinatu did.

Time to go find boy number three, then.

Boy number three...is also one of Savaross' favorites, and thirteen years old; he has his own room.

Tassairen knocks on his door.

There is a noise from within of someone moving around, but the door doesn't open.

He's very patient.

Is he patient enough to be constantly on guard while waiting?

Well, he might not look it, but if someone mistakes him for an easy target while he's leaning against a wall petting his drakelet that's their problem.

If he's paying careful attention to the magical fabric and has a very, very good reaction time he might be able to notice a spell coming at him through a wall in enough time to dodge it.

Easy.