[ Bask in it, Kanaya, because you may well be t he only teenager he's ever said that to. ]

That's-- well. Some of us just catch onto the way of things early on, it isn't a bad thing. If anything it prepares you for all of life's challenges you'll encounter as you grow old.

[ He smiles uneasily, nodding in, if not agreement, at least understanding. ]

My father was always a very patient man... better to learn that way, I think, than to have it all taken away at once when you aren't even quite sure what it is you've done wrong.