Shen Yuan nods, slowly. "I think he thinks that, too. I think he's having second thoughts about whether pursuing the course you're describing is worth it. Worth what he did to your instructors, I assume--probably among other things. I told him I thought this place was allowing us all second chances, and giving us the freedom to become something new." He shakes his head, grimacing a little. "Which I do believe, but I probably would have said it less, like, sentimentally if I hadn't been truth-cursed at the time."