Professor Rammsteiner is pulling away, so Jade leans closer, undeterred by the way Professor Rammsteiner is trying to correct him.

"This," he explains, trying to touch the scar again, wanting to feel out its length. Is it an ordinary scar? Or something magical? "And you're a bad teacher, you don't even like children. And you're having sex with one of your students."

He says it dispassionately, without judgement, without a hint of playfulness. Normal teachers don't have sex with their students. That's something he knows, even if he doesn't understand the why of it.