Yes. [ like, it's not SPEAKING TO HIM from the depth of his soul or anything, but: ] I'd like to not be stuck at "nearish to thirteen years of education, kind of, based on whatever I could teach myself" forever, I guess? Not for like...anyone else. But for me. I'd like to learn it.

[ and he actually has the time and resources to do that. it's one of those lowkey nice realizations. ]