Explains how you've gathered a little following in the first place, I suppose.

[ A pause, interspersed by small clicks on metal. ]

If you switched to teaching to pay the bills, did you at least enjoy it?

[ The shift in the conversation may not be obvious, but it's somewhat deliberate on Midnight's part. He was making conversation before this. Teaching, though... He's spoken to plenty of teachers before, of course, but that was before his last job change. He's done some thinking since then. ]