What I've learnt from the past few summers of being a camp councillor is that kids that have a similar personality like Dal are tough but until they become outright bad they can be flipped to be leaders if the other kids like him. #StarTrekProdigy 1/2 2/2 The tough kid has to be outright bad for it not to work. Obviously he's currently coming off as a bully but also don't forget he's a kid!!!!
2. There's also the bully to best friend hypothesis, which I'm an example of but I've heard other people talk about similar situations.