[He makes a face-- fondly exasperated. It's a roll of his eyes, and then a smile, a chuckle shaking his shoulders. He's a little broader, like how his hair is a little longer. He obviously eats better, takes better care of himself. What a wonder just having someone he couldn't refute the care of as a child had done for him.]

As over the top as always... She works too much, you know. She's so insistent that she has to work herself to absolute death while I'm still in school... [He sucks down a good portion of his coffee, and then sets it aside to splay out his papers.] And I'm going to get into the best university this country will allow me to, and I'm gonna get scholarships, and then do something great, so she never has to work again.