[There was no need to fake the look of surprise and awe on his face, of course -- that was genuine. He did, however, modify it juust a little: add in a very deliberate note of confusion.]
Unbelievable... you look just like I did centuries ago.
[X, after all, was the only familiar name in the school's records. Zero, Ciel, Weil... none of them had popped up. Even if someone from Copy X's own time were here, the general public had never actually known of his existence.
He... had a once in a lifetime chance, here. Nobody knew what he really was. And if nobody knew he was a fake X... what was stopping him from being the real X, as far as everyone here was concerned?]
[aaaand done]
Unbelievable... you look just like I did centuries ago.
[X, after all, was the only familiar name in the school's records. Zero, Ciel, Weil... none of them had popped up. Even if someone from Copy X's own time were here, the general public had never actually known of his existence.
He... had a once in a lifetime chance, here. Nobody knew what he really was. And if nobody knew he was a fake X... what was stopping him from being the real X, as far as everyone here was concerned?]
You're... you're really me, aren't you?