Stop it. I have a name if you have to use it. [ And it's not that one. Well, not anymore, he's no longer that boy. Double the childhood names double the ire but he just frowns and curbs the annoyance. Now they're traversing through wildly growing foliage and he has to navigate through it. ]

Do not misunderstand, it's not disrespect, far from it. [ Gods knows he has undying respect for her even if they both give each other a hard time ] But if you can't bear your student's concern, then apply the battlefield logic to it.

[ Because ~feelings~ are hard to talk about, so there is always argument about risk of going feral in battle ]