"Engineering of some sort, I think," he agrees. "I should like to get caught up on the theory out there, as well as the technology. And it will give me something to do."

Thomas smiles and gets a mug down for Eric.

"I'd like to-- to get closer to Edith again. I feel like I need something to offer her. Here I have a title that counts without any context or land to back it up, so there's nothing in that."