The compliment made the blush deepen. the thought of students and others seeing him so flustered. He turned back quickly to see his expression and just as quickly turned away again concentrating on draining the second smoothie.  Normally, his partners ended up too broken to go on, either mentally or physically, or they managed to escape, but he mistakenly attributed their amazing bond as the sturdiness and willingness of Quin.  "Or worse?" his brows furrowed.  He didn't really understand everything, but it made one thing clearer. He was supposed to be orientated on 'personal control' as well as the school function and schedules, originally thinking it was because of him being a ceph, the way Naefuten insisted on it.  Explaining this and mentioning Naefuten wasn't easy, so he left it alone for now.<br/><br/>Soon the smell of the variety of foods had him distracted and nearly drooling. After filtering through the line behind Quin he had a tray piled high with as much food that could fit without risk of dropping any.  "Please don't think ill of me. I am aware my dietary needs are greater than most.."