It would, but then the competition would be over pretty fast. Bummer for them. [ he does not sound like he thinks that's a bad thing. he nods at that though. ] But yeah, we did. It's both a good thing and a bad thing we're both here, but we're making the most of it.

[ there's a look on his face that says a literature club sounds like very much not-his-thing, but. ] Hard to get people interested in reading?

[ mostly because he doesn't think it's monika herself. ]