Huh. I guess it could be worse. You could have ended up older than him somehow. [...but that was an amusing thought, in his own case. He shakes his head at her question.]

No. We studied a lot, but we were still kids. We did, uh... kid things, I guess. You know, we played and we read together. We used to take walks and just... look at things. Like plants and bugs. [He shrugs.] It was simple, but I enjoyed it.