Felix Ever After

Felix asks Ezra if he and Declan were in love. Ezra says he might’ve loved Declan because it was his first relationship. This humanizes Declan to Felix.

In class, their teacher lectures about whether the artist should matter to the art or not. Felix whispers to Ezra that it does “if the artist is an asshole” (93), implying that Declan is an asshole. Jill, the teacher, overhears the comment, which spurs a debate about morality and art. Declan argues that evil is subjective and that morality is humanity, so Felix’s perspective would mean keeping humanity and art separate. Felix doesn’t want to censor art but believes that there is a line in which art becomes propaganda meant to hurt people. Declan asks Felix if this is about the gallery wall, and Ezra starts to defend Felix. Felix is so frustrated that he kicks the stool out from under Declan, who consequently hits his head. Both boys are sent to the dean’s office. Felix worries he’ll be kicked out of St. Cat’s due to their zero-violence policy.

As they wait for the dead, Declan tells Felix that he’s projecting on to him because he wants to get into Brown but has no portfolio.