[And that gets him to pause, and he has to think about it because that's something he would have agreed with back before Hope's Peak and his kneejerk response is to tell him that he's not wrong but to use gentler wording, because old habits die really, really hard.

But he actually takes a moment, and comes to a conclusion eventually, and it might not be a terribly competent conclusion but it's an attempt.]

I think you could possibly make better use of your time, but if it's what you wanted to do, then maybe that's okay. I have friends who do things like that for fun, or because they're bored, or so they can have something to, um...something to talk about with other people?

[YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH SENSE THE EFFORT GOING INTO THIS.]