Noooo, I just don't pay attention to the gossip going around class I guess.

[He remembers. It was one of the only times Jack had got his attention enough to make him worry about his student. The truth behind it makes him gape, feeling a little sheepish for having had doubts about the younger man's integrity.]

Thank you. [He smiles cheekily to lighten the mood.] It's not every day I have my honor defended.