"That's not too strange." Auggie said nodding. "I know plenty of people always talk about their college years fondly, best years of their life and all that." He said and shrugged. "I learned a lot when I was there, don't get me wrong, I think though the degrees I earned give me a legitimacy I'd have never gotten if I'd been self taught though. And that's what I appreciate most about those years."
He gave Spencer an amused look when he said he liked the different personalities and skill sets being brought together by their current predicament. "I imagine that isn't a sentiment you normally mention? Or does that sort of thing go over well?"
"Sure, it's nice when you can connect with people." Auggie agreed, grinning when it seemed like Spencer rushed to assure him he was only friends with Parker - either way Auggie found it amusing. Parker certainly had her own appeal and he wouldn't have blamed Spencer in the slightest, even if she wasn't someone he would have liked to take on romantically.
Auggie nodded, "Yes, it's the issue of privacy I'm having trouble dealing with - I've always lived on my own. Even after the accident, I didn't want to have to give up my independence just because I lost my sight." And being placed in a house with another blind man simply because he was blind felt a lot like losing his independence to Auggie. He chaffed under it, but he could see the reasoning behind it - why it would make things simpler on those in charge, it was just something he'd have to deal with.