Now, hold on. You're jumping to conclusions here. [Rei chuckles, though it's more sympathetic than anything else. He keeps typing while they talk, the sound of the keyboard underscoring his words.]

"Just a teacher"-- I'm talking about that. What's got you deprecating your entire profession like that? If I said something like that about teachers, you'd deck me halfway across Camelot. [Or try to, anyway.]

Sensei's misplaced his self-worth. You're calling that realistic thinking, but I think there's a difference between being realistic and convincing yourself of your own impotence to protect yourself from being hurt again. Ah?

[Rei looks up from the screen, catching Rosho's gaze again.] I understand why you can't take Sasara-kun's confidence at face value. But surely you can pull your head out of your own ass a little?