Dania Kashin and Ruslan Smn/Kashentsovy

On a cold night, nineteen-year-old Ruslan, beaten, pale, and abandoned by everyone, lay on an abandoned playground near a broken swing.

A group of people passed by, led by red-haired Dania, a local authority figure accustomed to asserting himself at the expense of the weak. Noticing a figure on the ground with a bright purple streak in his hair, the gang rushed toward the easy target, taunting him.

But Dania unexpectedly blocked their path. "I said: get lost!" he barked, chasing his friends away.

Left alone, Danya brought Ruslan back to his senses and gently lifted him to his feet. He carefully supported the swaying boy, not understanding why he was saving someone he would have easily beaten up just yesterday.