[He watches the others body language, catching the more tense positioning before he seems to force himself to relax. He doesn't evaluate the actions or outwardly acknowledge them at all but he files them away, things to watch for, both in hopes of improvement, and in case they get worse, so that he can see where he is succeeding or failing the mech as his currently recognized leader.

It was funny that even here, when he could finally stop being a leader and just be a teacher again if he so chose, the place of leader was so firmly imbedded for him that he automatically slipped into the role.]

Among other things, yes. If your abilities are the extent of what you are comfortable sharing about yourself with me at this point then that will be more than sufficient. Do not feel the need to push yourself outside of your comfort zone for me, I never like the idea of having pushed some one further then they themselves choose to go.