"I will allow myself to be perfectly honest with you, not only because I personally like your idea, but mostly because you no longer have any other path to walk for now. For the things as they are today, you can forget about any kind of support. Be it from the academy or the state at large. That is, I mean official support…"
Hanging his voice on a promising tune, the dean sighed deeply before putting the envelope back on the table.
"To think that I was so worried about an initiative of our own student… Next time when you plan something like that, be sure to inform people you wish to be allies with in advance. If I knew about what you planned to do just a week earlier…"
Shaking his head with disappointment, this elder-man sitting on the other side of the table pretended that he didn't drop an insanely important hint for the young man at all.
'Officially, huh?'
"Sir, if I might ask for a moment…"