"Yeah, I actually agree with you on K-Pop and J-Pop."

"Really? That's kinda surprising."

"It's kinda like the good parts of pop, minus the rap. And also foreign, and I kinda like foreign languages, so..."

"I'm really bad at languages," she confesses.

"I get that not everyone's good at them, and to some people they seem like a chore, but they're pretty fun for me. Je peux parler en français, so parlare un po' in italiano, ich kann ein Bisschen Deutsch sprechen, Nihongo o hanashimasen, etc. Not sure all of those are correct, and I meant that I can speak French but that I can't speak Japanese, but yeah. It's fun."

"...I am slightly envious."

"I mean, I've spent a while learning French at school, it wasn't just an instant thing, and I did a bit of German, and I picked up a few other bits from other languages by reading about them online, it's not just an instant thing, but yeah, it's nice to know I wouldn't be completely lost if I found myself in one of those countries."

"Makes sense. I can't really learn more than the minimum to pass, most of the time."

"Yeah, I think most people are planning on dropping French at the end of this year."

"I dropped it last year. I don't think I know anyone who didn't."

"How old are you? You know, if it's not too rude to ask," he says, smirking a little.

"I'm sixteen. You?"

"Fifteen."

"Awww you're a baby!"

"My birthday's in like two weeks' time."

"Baby!"

"There's max of a year's age gap between us. I'm hardly a baby."

"No but you make cute faces when I nettle you."

"Exactly!"

"Whatever. Anything else you want to know about the mysterious Theo?"

"I don't think so! I'm sure other stuff will come up while we're battling cards and saving the world."

"I'm sure."

"Wow, such enthusiasm, you would think I was some dirt under your shoe."

"Hey, I'm not being rude back, I'm just not talking much," says Theo defensively.