Very well. I can't say the remainder of your time will be as leisurely, but we've been afforded the time for you to settle in properly.

[which is the truth. even if hubert is going a bit easy on him, it's because there really isn't anything pressing to attend to. things have been arranged so it wouldn't be an issue, and while hubert is used to pressing forward, he is capable of stepping back.]

I'm curious to hear more of the school you come from and the training you've received up to this point, in any case. We can discuss that while we eat, if that's all right with you.

[...listen, he's still a nerd, okay.]