Not that you read--though with the air you give off, I suppose that could be surprising to people who do not know you. [He scoffs that away with a wave of his hand, huffing. He does think that Stahn's hardly the most scholastically intelligent person, but that doesn't really matter when he's good at so many other things.

Besides, it's not like Stahn's a dumbass.

Leon would never have fallen for him if he was.

But he scoffs that off so quickly because...well, the reason he was surprised was because he was excited.]

Still, not everyone is capable of being able to be so excited over reading, regardless of their intelligence levels.

[So... it's kind of special, honestly.]