Once she left, he relaxed internally and began answering questions from his slower but still hard working and capable students. Before T’Mia, he would have left as soon as class ended and requested any questions sent to his mail account or limited to his posted office hours. Now it was his policy to hold "office hours’ half hour right after his lectures, in the same room or the closest available classroom. Students hesitated to approach him on his own ground, in his office, but they were more willing to approach him right after a class.