"It doesn't cover everything, clearly." He felt a little pleased all the same. He'd obviously gotten some things right or she would have written it all off and pointed out all the things that were wrong. Probably. He couldn't be sure if she would or not if he was being honest. It wasn't like he knew everything about her.
When she started calling herself old, Nicky felt a touch of awkwardness. Was he meant to tell her that she didn't look old? Was complimenting your previous professor's looks considered strange? Off? He didn't know. But she didn't look old. He knew her age given the birthday she had given him. They were exactly ten years apart. Well, almost exactly. Nine years and some months. "Twenty-nine isn't old." He bit back the comment about how her appearance hadn't given her away. While it was true, it would likely have come across as ass kissing and he wasn't entirely fond of being called an ass kisser.