If the Tailor noticed their colleague's reaction, they certainly didn't react to it. They did, however, slip the scrap of fabric into their cuff to disappear into their sleeve while the Pupil's back was turned. Old habits were hard to kill and fabric was their trade.
They had been prepared to open their mouth at the suggestion of assistance, to outright refuse it (because help was only further embarrassment, to need help was to show weakness), but the Pupil's final line, said placidly and yet so markedly on the nose with its structure, surprised an exhalation of laughter out of the fellow instead.
"A lesson we could all stand to learn moving forward, perhaps. You have me there, at least. In any case, don't feel put out to speak on my behalf. Perhaps next week, you'll be the one doused and I'll be the one with the sharp tongue." They glanced at the bird. "Or if not me, then your feathered friend, I'm sure."
They sat forward on the table, assignment complete, and cast their gaze around the room, and their hair fell in their face again, eliciting a frown. They were going to be pushing it back all morning, apparently.
Re: Class has begun
They had been prepared to open their mouth at the suggestion of assistance, to outright refuse it (because help was only further embarrassment, to need help was to show weakness), but the Pupil's final line, said placidly and yet so markedly on the nose with its structure, surprised an exhalation of laughter out of the fellow instead.
"A lesson we could all stand to learn moving forward, perhaps. You have me there, at least. In any case, don't feel put out to speak on my behalf. Perhaps next week, you'll be the one doused and I'll be the one with the sharp tongue." They glanced at the bird. "Or if not me, then your feathered friend, I'm sure."
They sat forward on the table, assignment complete, and cast their gaze around the room, and their hair fell in their face again, eliciting a frown. They were going to be pushing it back all morning, apparently.