The boy shivered at the sight of Ezra's smile, he felt as though a devil was looking at him. Ezra walked to him and placed his hand on his shoulder.
"This will hurt so much that you will wish for death, but you will not get it. You aren't allowed to scream, because if you do, the whole academy will know of your terrible action." Ezra explained.
'Humans are simple creatures, they can easily be manipulated into taking several actions, all you need is a small hold on them and that is all.
Even if the crime they have committed is not that big of a deal, all you have to do as the one blackmailing them is to make it look like it was a big deal.
You magnify the consequences beyond what it should do and force the mind of that person to think it is really a big deal, when that is done, you can manipulate that person to take whatever shit you dish out.'