Thomas liked that there was another person at the school who spoke a language. French was one of his favourite languages, and although Jack probably spoke some variation of European French, it would be better than nothing.

"Je suis à l'aise. Dieu sait, je l'ai parlé toute ma vie. Je dois imagine que vous êtes couramment ainsi?" said Jack,

"Oui! J'ai visité beaucoup de pays francophones, la France, la Belgique, la Suisse et le Luxembourg. Est-ce que vous êtes de la Louisiane?" Thomas asked in response. "I'm all right, thanks. And yeah, I guess I do have a lot of fun at night," he said, blushing a bit.