"Yeah but at least my siblings have at least a little purpose. Ios... Well, he's trying to figure it out too but Grigory's going to MIT in the fall. Slav has his car rebuilding shit..." And what did he have? What did Ios have? Well, he had his theater shit. They'd talked about that. Iosef had theater.
Nikolai would never be ready for the idea of not having control. Never. Keep it to yourself, Zoe. Forever. Or until the next life. "Because it leads to accidental foreplay with Dim Sum and an audition for High School Musical?" He matched her Look, expression for expression though his wasn't actually upside down.