Oh man, I know people like that. I have like, no idea how anybody can live that way. ...N-No offense to your friend, of course.

[Wow, don't want to be rude the second he's started getting friendly with someone. But...this is kind of nice, actually. He doesn't have a lot of people around his age that he can talk books with. Sure he's a little older, but...it's kind of like having a senior friend, which his something he never thought would actually happen to him.]

Isn't the library here incredible though? It's like, easily the best part of being stuck here. I don't think I've ever seen that many books before, and all from different worlds? It's amazing!

[He could live in there, probably.]