[Rin stiffens as soon as Sousuke asks that question and looks away. Indeed why, he wonders. It's not that he didn't. It was just harder to learn.]

Because people make less sense than herbs and recipes.

[He answers at last, but he feels like there's something in that. If there's one thing he learned in that month long detention, it's that history was about people, and the fact who won and who lost.]

Besides, I got an Exceeding Expectations on my last assignment, so you've got no room to talk!