"Listen, I'll make a deal with you."

"A....A deal??"

"Right. Since you knocked these papers out of my hands you'll have to help me carry them to my classroom. That shouldn't be too much trouble, bearing in mind that's where we're both going."

"Um, sure...."

.........

"By the way, why did you start getting upset over running into me while being late? It couldn't be because you're scared of getting detention."

"....Groan...."

"You can tell me. I'll even keep it a secret if you want."

"Well, I heard a rumor that any student that's late to your class....Well...

"Well....What?"

"You...Eat them?"

". . . . . . . . I'm sorry, can you repeat that?"

"I heard a rumor from my classmates that any student late to your class gets eaten by you."

"......Heh.....Hehehehe.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

"Is...Is it true?"

"No, that's just crazy! I mean, I'm fat, sure, but it's definitely NOT from my own students!"

"It isn't?"

"I know you're pretty naïve for a new student, even as a fifteen year old, but come on. Wouldn't it seem a little wrong for us, as teachers, to literally devour the students we're trying to teach? Even if the teachers are all animals at this school, we're not exactly feral, you know. If that was true, I'd be fired from my job by now, or there would be SOME reports about missing students."

"Ohh...Now that you mention it, it is pretty silly..."

"Right? Although, I wouldn't say I'm harmless. Let's just say I'm not exactly able to suck my gut in when walking past desks...And I doubt your classmates told you that we rats can use their tails like whips."

"Wait, you can do that?!"

"Mm-hm. Just a quick warning. Don't fall asleep in my class. And don't try anything behind my back. Or...Well..."

"Or what?"

"You're gonna feel a sharp sting."