Well, it's less a wipe and more of suppression. You have to be a very powerful psychic to be able to take something away.

[She readjusts her glasses and turns to him fully.]

So you aren't totally wrong. If it was a faulty job, just the sight of you would have been a trigger to open the floodgates.

[As for his comment about her being "popular..."]

I won't go so far as to say that I'm a great teacher. I've much to learn when it comes to connecting and instructing each changing generation. But... It's nice. Being able to take part in a young person's life in a small way.