[Way to go, kiddo, just off-handedly mention killer robots before the song's even wrapped up. Damn it, why couldn't he have just stuck with "I'm a sophomore this year?"]

Sorry, uhm -

[He draws his arm back from behind Labrys' shoulder, loosening his digits around her hand as well, in case she wants to pull back the rest of the way. He's wincing a little, unsure whether to backtrack or to try to explain.]

You haven't heard about the Sentinels? They were...well, anti-mutant weapons that the government here made. They attacked the school at the end of my first year here, so...

[There's literally no way to finish this story that's not going to make things worse, whether it's trying to explain Jean Grey's sacrifice or the damage that had shut the school down for years after or how. as a side-effect of the Phoenix's power, a good portion of the student body at the time had more or less blinked out of existence for half a decade.

Shindou decides just to give up, instead, his shoulders slumping low.]

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned it, when everyone's trying to relax. I thought you'd already know.