Chapter 5 - The Principal and the Hound

All about intolerable men, implacable women, and inscrutable children.

Something that both children and imprisoned criminals have in common is that they are given little choice as to how or where they spend their time.

Kuro, being both, has even less say in the matter. He is trapped, helpless and hopeless, watching adults decide his future for him. At least he is well fed.