[Well, if there's any obvious faltering, Ishimaru either doesn't notice or he's willing to ignore it; it's difficult to say exactly which he's doing - but he's always been notoriously terrible with understanding social cues, especially when they're coming from people he doesn't know, and he tends to have all the natural empathy of a rock.

So it's probably the former.]

Well, as the head of my former school's disciplinary committee, it's always been my job to settle disputes and stand up for people, some of whom aren't there! If she says anything to me about you, I'll do that for you as well, because that sort of behavior isn't acceptable.

I get on with her...reasonably well at this point, but I don't want her harassing anyone, either - I know how she can get.