I learned long ago that the following happened much earlier this school year:
Apparently, Nem-nem can voluntarily appear to be genuinely very sad, and cry real tears. She’s also unaware this is a gift that many very highly paid actors lack. Somehow at school other kids have learned about this gift.
One recess, a boy in her class who is delightfully forthright and self-assured, perhaps even brazen, and who openly avows his crush on Nem–he was with her one recess, and either he asked or Nem volunteered to display this acting skill (I think Nem doesn’t even know to call it acting, either). So Nem voluntarily wept, with real tears.
Boy: Right now you are so cute I would do anything for you.
Nem, brightly: Then buy me a puppy!