[ This is honestly quite riveting to listen to and as such does keep his attention pretty damn well. It was kinda akin to hearing someone read something out of a novel, but this was actually a real thing Caleb had legitimately experienced in his life. ]

I suppose it doesn't, but... our pasts do make us who we are today. They're a part of you, but it says something to at least how you acknowledged the things you did. [ A small sigh escaped him and he did frown just a slight bit, though it didn't stop him from smiling once more. ] Your honesty IS appreciated all the same. Weird how bad things could have turned out, isn't it?

[ A pause. There was a part that had been said before that he couldn't help but comment on. ]

That academy kinda sounds like what my school did, what with how the rest of the school looked down on Class 3-E. Treated us like 'examples' to the rest of the school with their perfect grades and made a point of emphasizing how we were lesser compared to them. To that school, we were nothing. They even had us attending classes on this campus on the mountain behind the school so we wouldn't have to 'mingle' with the rest of them.