[There's a free table near the middle, so he makes his way over to that one and takes a seat, leaning his elbows on the table. All of his heaviness from earlier feels like it's lifted right off of him, at least for the moment.]

It's all about the company, right? I'll try anything once! Maybe not anything . . . if you tried to drag me to the library, I might get a little put out, ha ha! But mostly I just wanna explore. It's like, I've been here a while now, and I still feel like I've only seen ten percent of this place.

[He drums thoughtfully on the table.]

Honestly . . . at first, it's not like I really liked the idea of getting used to it here.