You must have worked hard to get in. I don't know I would be cut out for that line of work, but it sounds interesting. [For other people. People who knew how to do normal life without it being exhausting.] I never heard of anything like that back home. I hope coming here doesn't throw your semester off. Or mine, for that matter.

I'm going to be a botanist. [He sat down on the rocks, nimbly folding his legs under himself, taking in the beach with the eyes of someone who clearly had limited experience with the ocean.] I've always been interested in plants.