[ His eyes squeeze shut when she tugs, his smile growing brighter and more cheery. He was not crying, he was groveling, there's a difference! ]

In that case, maybe you should consider it. From what I gathered during sign-up, those Prehnite students take their studies really seriously. [ Like REALLY seriously. If he hadn't already thought Caren was in the Branch, he would have quickly hightailed it out of there, because they were quite intense (read: scary). ]