[There's a snort at the sloths remark.] At least it sounds like the ones here are less than a hindrance. Guess if you lower a bar far enough eventually somebody'll clear it. You alright? [He's never been involved in a hostage situation - yet, give it time; his life keeps taking random and unwanted swerves on him and he's just along for the ride at this point.]

Extra high school years are karmatic balance for getting powers. A Faustian bargain if ever there were one. [Somewhere, his old English teacher's literary reference sense is tingling.] School here about the same? No random changes to the status quo I need to study up on? [Hey, he has to be a good student so that when he skips class, it doesn't kill his GPA.]