Keep it light, keep it neutral. It was the key to living in the same place, Nathan knew, as anything else would have been a repeat of her arrival and he wouldn't do that again. If it meant biting his tongue around her to avoid being slapped again, which would then get Peter's attention, followed by Mantis and another spectacular display of Petrelli family plus one theatrics, then so be it.
"Yeah, gotta have something to do with my days," he said, pushing the notepad away. "Nearly done with it all, got a few breaks on the educational requirements so I don't actually have to go back to law school." Which would have been mildly funny, given how good a lawyer he'd been in New York, but he would have done it.