"Oh yea that'd look real good, wouldn't it?" Spot retorts "Hey Professor I decided I just wanted to keep failing so I didn't actually do the tutoring thing you specifically suggested."

Which was probably as close as he was going to get to admitting he actually needed or wanted Marcus' help.

"I dunno," he shrugs "Some of it's remembering which plants do what things, but it's a lot of the practical stuff I fail on too."

He scowls "You're the one who keeps walking away."