He should probably try to placate the hat, for now. (The Note almost certainly wouldn't work on it anyway, even without the "no death" rule.)

"I don't know what you mean by 'emo', but I like Parmesan well enough, I suppose." Whatever that had to do with anything. "And I am diligent, and faithful. ...I was class president all through elementary school," he added, in case that counted for something. Not that the Hat seemed to care about academic achievement.