Billy's never been ashamed of enjoying learning. Maybe he should have been; maybe if he'd tried to hide it better, he wouldn't have gotten bullied so much for so many years, but he's never been good at hiding anything. The way he feels is always right out there, not just on his sleeve but basically broadcasting on the emotional equivalent of a jumbotron. He'd gotten lucky enough later on to find people who appreciated that in him, encouraged it, even, and he's not going to stop that here. After all, it's probably his best talent here.

"A little of both, I think? Like it's nothing super advanced--I think they mostly want us to be able to work with the materials we have here, so there's nothing crazy in there, but it's definitely all useful, from what I've seen so far. I mean--this place is pretty old-fashioned to me, too. When I left it was 2016, and I'm originally from New York, so even if it was modern, it'd kind of be old-fashioned anyway." Said like he obviously means the city, and like anyone else would obviously get it.