"Don't," Sparkle replied, shrugging. "The classroom might not be a democracy either, but I'm not going to get angry at anybody for thinking, just so long as they aren't being disruptive to the class."

And, whether she was offended or not, it was sure sounding to Sparkle like the place she was coming from would much prefer people who didn't dare think for themselves. What kind of life was that?

He had just come out of his own little mind control hell a few weeks back. It was possible that Sparkle felt a little strongly about this one, too.