Theo bent to pet the dog. "Books can often soothe the troubled soul...and I've yet to meet an untroubled soul in this place." He replied in his soft Southern drawl. He hadn't made a point of his intelligence until recently, having not seen the value in having people know he could out think most of them but not outfight them.
However this young man was a different matter. "How's life treating you these days Miles?"