[ Whoops! On the bright side, his reaction was it to hilarious, at least. ]

Well, I didn't get in trouble or anything like that. But... it took me that long to realize I could use that kind of power to stand up for myself.

[ A pause. Another thing she's finally realizing is that she shouldn't have needed her powers for that, but she digresses. ]

...If you're a teacher, you probably saw a lot of kids who could learn to do that more.