She sits back, looking up at him with her lower lip caught in her teeth, and a grateful warmth in her eyes. He gets it. In a way she doesn't think even Kiryu does.

"Even when I'm making a conscious choice to do Taylor things here - to just goof off, or cook for myself, or like - I'm studying physics, a little. Trying to catch up some of what I missed in school. But I always feel like I should be using that time to make Skitter stronger, instead."