"That's good. Learning is always important." Learning incessantly, after all, hounding the truth, has always been the key to success. At home, in Meridian, in Animus...the results may not always be so dramatic, but knowledge, properly earned, was the best thing a person could have as far as he was concerned.

"I'm glad to hear that you've been well. What do you plan to do?" At his age, he'd expect Romeo to have an apprenticeship by default, but he'd learned by now that system would largely fall out of use in favor of more structured education.