"Well I guess sometimes we need someone to be our opposite. I know a few people who've been more driven because of having someone who was like that for them." He shrugged. He hadn't been much like that, only when he'd gotten some validation that he wasn't wasting his time had he actually started to pursue writing as something more than an pastime.
"...Not...really. You know...Television? Otherwise jokingly called the Squawk box? So on and So forth?"
Or...maybe he really didn't know? Or again, was just really good at pretending. "Square box in the other room? Works kinda like a radio, but with pictures...or a movie theater." He hoped the Engkanto knew what those were. They'd had movies and radios 50 years ago right? God now he couldn't remember...