"The hammer was figurative I think." Mikone said. Thinking about what her sensei was saying brought up concerns. Ot wasn't about his ability to teach but rather the way each of them would accept each other.
"What do you need to know about us, Akihiko-sensei." she tried to sound kind but her concern was apparent. Did her teacher know nothing about them at all? She wondered if he was asking a out something else. In any case she knew group training might not be the hardest part to come.
"Just one more question. Why did you accept four fenin when the other students were grouped in threes?"