[His eyes widen. Matilda couldn't be much older than 6, and she was doing Algebra? She reminded him of Prodigy, the former mutant who had all of the knowledge of everyone he'd ever met when he was a mutant.]

Wow! You must be really smart! I still have trouble with equations, myself. Biology is what I'm really good at. I've been reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species lately. I bet if we went to the library here in the castle, we could probably find the book you were working on!

[He shrugs.]

Well, I'd be lying if I said there weren't some of the kids who were scared of Headmaster Logan, but that's got a lot to do with him being a little intimidating...and the claws that come out from between his knuckles probably don't help either. He's never been anything but fair with me though.