"Would you have ever stopped and said hello to me if I hadn't come in here? You didn't even know my name." He smiled, fake, but it was there. As were the slightly watery eyes. "And that's... everyday. Not just you." He shook his head and sighed, propping his chin in his palms, his elbows against his legs. "And yes, I may be perceptive and young, but that's about it." Nicky had never thought himself anything special to look at. And the fact that he was up until all hours of the night, reading his textbooks so that he could actually absorb some of what he was supposed to be learning, he wasn't incredibly smart either.