Anton's timidity stemmed largely from his sensitive and deeply insecure nature. If Renata was the most special among the girls, Anton was the most special among the boys.
Anton's specialness did not come from any extraordinary traits; on the contrary, Anton was utterly ordinary. He was among the shortest of the boys, his appearance was plain, and his temperament was cowardly. Yakov and Sebastian often took pleasure in bullying him, yet Anton never dared to fight back, let alone retaliate against the ringleader of those two boys.
Yet extremes meet. Someone who usually appeared cowardly might, when faced with genuine provocation, react far more violently than an ordinary person. Because negative emotions had been suppressed in his heart for too long, accumulating day by day like dormant magma, once he was enraged, it would erupt like a geyser.
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