[...it almost sounds too perfect which is immediately suspicious to him, but he doesn't say that. mostly because he gets it. that'd be nice, right? like a place where people could just get along, the worlds would be balanced, people could be safe and...things were okay.]

Thank you for sharing that with me. [he says it almost automatically, like it's sincere but also said because he doesn't quite know what else to say.] That's...that's still pretty ambitious.

[there's a bit of silence...]

Can I ask you something about the applications for this school? I don't know if you can tell me, but I just want to know something. About that wish when you graduate. [he also doesn't even wait before he asks.] Is that something we would have put in the application itself? Like...does the school ask you what kind of thing you would hope for when you apply?