"I only look like the dumb jock," Archie promised him with a quiet laugh. In truth, he wasn't smart about a lot of things, but having your entire town overrun by zombies to the point where you had to take on a leadership role to save your friends sort of forced you to grow up.
"Is this what you do in your free time then? Go through the mountains of books to make notes on what's relevant?" he asked. "Sorry, that sounds judgmental, I'm not judging you for it. I just wouldn't have the attention span."