Oh... sure. [He was getting sidetracked enough that he has to cast his mind back to their previous topic, eating a small mouthful of rice (and yes, eating at a slower pace than Hayame) as he considers. Something easy to talk about, something that won't bring up friction between them, but which she still might find interesting...]

I was talking about the academy and what life was like there, right? Byleth was there too, but a different Byleth to the mercenary we both know here. The Byleth from my world actually became my teacher.