His body would have been fine but his mind? It doesn't bear thinking about.

"That is true, but hey at least you can learn here, right? The school he's really cool, and I'm always happy to teach you anything I know," he's honestly glad to have someone interested. "And yeah! I mean, Cass and Rapunzel showed up for me, it's totally possible!"

Varian is less hopeful, but he wants to be encouraging, so here he is.