"I'm good. I'm well." He follows her gaze to the books and then smiles back at her. "Too much. I feel seven again. Everything's so... new. I don't think I'm going to learn a fraction of what I want to. But I can try."

Her mention of the room doesn't go unnoticed, however, and he tilts his head at her. "Is your world more like this? This... style? Or do you just like books?"