*curious!* Really? Who do you know there? *quick headshake* I mean, not that I'm likely to know them, but it's just a little odd that you would know people there, I mean, you know... being at the top of the ladder and all that... *bites his tongue and tries not to look as green as he sounds (shut up, Elliott)*
*ducks his head and grins bashfully at your chiding tone, though* I know, I know. Ethan said that, too. I'm only kidding. Sorry? *peeks up again, listening in fascination as you continue* Uhm... I know you're not a travel brochure or anything (*haha, joke?*) but how many Houses are there? And what do they do? I hear the word thrown around on the news once in a while, but I never know what's going on up there.
(*and all the while he's tagging along with you to the set like an acolyte dogging his master's heels; as though this isn't his home, as though he isn't the one who does this every day*)