"It's a matter of strategy," said Takeo, who didn't mind sharing some of his plans with people, provided the plans were so simple that he figured they would have them figured out anyway. "Tardiness is easy to catch, and a high success rate should impress Her Imperial Majesty, the Principal, so that from her lofty office will the resources for a new chair descent upon us, the disciplinary committee, given that the last one finally passed on to that place in the heavens for chairs that accommodated the past two generations of students."