He nodded to Alex. "Thank you."

Turning back to Marco... "You follow my directions and focus on the class and answer at least one question correctly, which would have been easy seeing as how I was asking personal opinions on the plant, and you will have the hat removed and be allowed to join the class." Armand glanced at Apedemak and cleared his throat. "And next time you come in here, leave the attitude at the door."

ooc: Go ahead and post, I need to go back and tally the answers real quick.