...She'd actually been considering that the mind swap part was true, and all the other information given to her wrong. He was, after all, very calm. As much as it was possible he could be Gai, being someone else under henge or with a swapped mind seemed more likely.

She still didn't know for sure that he wasn't lying to her. However, the best way to know the truth would be to react as if he wasn't, at which point if he were, he'd be likely to reveal himself. After all, the most likely reason for lying about his identity to her would be simply to amuse himself. She really couldn't see a reason to avoid that.

She frowned slightly. "...You were a teacher at the academy?"