That made him right on reading things for once. He also managed to pick up on the bitterness as well and raised a brow, after pulling out a spoon for soup. "That's a shame. Traveling's one of the best things you can do. There's too much in the world to stay in one place." He didn't care about swearing personally, had a few arguments and sort of nodded along to what she said.
"Yeah, a lot. She's the one with a sledgehammer." Which could mean words or literally, in that case. He winced a bit before scooping up some soup. "It's fine. I'm taking my time, mostly boxes everywhere still. I don't have much furniture in my apartment yet? No real reason beyond taking time. I found a bunch of old favorite books and couldn't resist revisiting them."