[The mental response startles her, just a little. She cocks her head at him, not angry or suspicious but confused - he looks friendly, too genuinely friendly to be doing it as a prank. Brow furrowed, she leans in a bit and speaks to him in a hushed tone. He must be trying to hide, right, and that's his way of staying quiet? She could pass for a student with some of the older kids around.]

If you're cutting a class to reread it, I'm afraid you've found a teacher who, while she can understand, won't be understanding. There will still be a detention for that.