[Welp. He winces just a little, less to do with being offended and more that it really was probably a stupid question. Kotetsu frowns, still completely unsure what to say but wanting to say something.]

...Yeah. Small magic-sort-of-internet world, huh?

[Stalling, stalling...]

I--mm. Might wanna get that coughing checked out. It sounded kinda harsh.

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.....Don't. Don't give up on yourself, okay? I dunno what it's worth, coming from someone like me, but...you're not a lost cause. A lotta people don't even--don't even make it to college.

[He's a little flustered by the end of that, because hell, he just randomly dumped advice on a kid he barely knows and has no idea if it was the right thing to do, but he manages to keep it mostly under wraps, at least.]