He smiled shaking his head back and forth the wavy brown locks swinging as he did. "I don't see it as failure at all. A lot of people rely on teachers and the knowledge they have to offer. The next generation of writers needs to know what you do, they need you to broaden their outlooks and teach them to reach outside of their comfort zones, outside of the box. Without that we'd all be reading Twilight novels... which quite frankly nobody needs that uneducated drivel"
CiCi smiled sipping his lemonade accidentally slurping on the last drop. He'd really needed that between the sugar rush it gave and the refreshing quality. Sometimes you just needed something to quench your thirst, this hit the spot directly.
Tilting his head again, "Did you publish before teaching?" wondering if that's maybe why the man felt slightly downtrodden about teaching. He shouldn't though even as a teacher you could still do that. Eating a little more from his plate and reaching up to wipe his lips with a paper napkin.