Jessie smiled at Liz's enthusiasm about the houses. He liked that she could see beauty where others just saw old junk. Sort of like he felt he was.
"I ... yeah, I like it." He blushed as he thought of what he really wanted. "I ... always wanted to do something more academic ... maybe go to college someday. But that sort of thing wasn't allowed ... where I was from. So, given my options now, I like it a lot. I get some creative license, and it's interesting work. It's a heck of a lot better than the furniture manufacturer where it was the same monotonous thing every day."