"... So it wasn't you who had a hand in the decision on my admission." Another mystery that Natalia wanted to solve. Someone decently high up in the faculty had decided that her interview would be a softball, and she wanted to know who. Didn't seem likely that it was Hope, though.

... Of course, she can't tell some random teacher she's Nova Neos in the middle of a library. "If I were to intend to continue regardless... what would you do?"