Billy wasn't sure if she was asking because she was new and wanted to know how easy it would be to not go, or if she was interested -- and if it was the latter, he didn't want to scare her off with tales of how much work there was.

There was just a nerdy part of Billy that, though never really hidden, flourished here with not much else to distract him.

"It's pretty great, actually. I mean, if you're a kid they ask that you take core classes, but you can take a bunch of different subjects as long as there's someone to teach them. Like, I'm taking Weaponry and Classical Mythology, among other classes. It's kinda like college."