"Perhaps it was more than just me." he was trying to be somewhat modest. "You are in a good place here, Ilya. You will get a wonderful education, have friends, a future of your choosing and not anyone else's!"

He wondered if they were two of the sappiest people in the school. Not that he cared. They were both happy, and that was all that mattered.

"So, aside from fate, and me manly arms..." That was a joke, as he was rather "lean". No, that was too generous a word. Dolemeck was scrawny. "What are you thinking about right now? Honestly."