[ Smart of him to let Kano talk his fill, a little forceful getting the words out but at least he's more animated than the zombie staring at his book half an hour before. With his barrage of questions, he controls the flow of the conversation, he's in charge and won't let the conversation turn back to himself, just as he prefers.

And he's about to let loose another torrent of words, but he stops himself short, because this is perfect, isn't it? ]

Then, instead of going around reheating tea, wouldn't it be more useful if you just become Toki's private tutor for all of his classes?

[ He worries about Toki, but not enough to push him to succeed in his classes— just enough to not flunk out of them and potentially leave the school, because he really does like the boy. But Toki's rich, doesn't know what to do with his money, and here in front of him is somebody with two pairs of clothes and either college loans or a house mortgage or whatever to pay off, and it'd be win-win. ]