[something else she knows is that if someone is keeping information about themself private, they're doing it for their own reasons, and ones that she may or may not ever be entitled to know. and if she somehow stumbles across it, and it really is that big of a deal, then it's her responsibility to keep that secret safe. it's only the polite thing to do, after all.]

[even if she does think that this one specific secret that teacher is keeping is extremely silly.]

[she laughs, knowing that he's fucking with her but not really caring. she can tell through the leadup that he's not gonna give her the answer to what she implied, but it doesn't matter. they're friends, right? and it's at his pace anyway. it barely seems like she's holding any tension in her shoulders after that.]

All right, that answers my question. Now that I know you're into boys, we just don't have anything in common anymore, do we, Teach? [she can fire back with the best of them, she thinks.] Except the other thing. The thing that I'm pretty sure you're very interested in convincing people isn't true. About where you're from.