Max listened to Tai who mentioned the tattoo she wanted to get, she mentioned something he had never thought about considering for a tattoo. A tree theme, the idea based on the bark was interesting. From what she told him and even showed clearly showed she had thought about it for a while. When she mentioned Mass Effect and one of the characters name he thought back for a moment. He had played that game after a moment remembered such a name came up in Mass Effect 2 and even in Mass Effect 3 for a small period of time. She had told him that she had his name on her foot. Max seemed a little surprised by it. Soon he heard the teacher begin to speak up so he could not reply to what she had told him.

He watched and even helped her pack away just not to seem lazy or give a bad impression to Tai. However, when she brought up getting some ice cream sodas he smiled at the idea. "Sounds like a good idea, I am sure you are an expert of weeding out the cool places," he said with a smile. Max soon moved the horrid generic plastic black school chair and placed it to the side. He was glad he was not sitting in it anymore but as he was talking to Tai he had forgotten he was sitting in it. "Has anyone ever told you that you have a lovely smile," he said. He grew slightly embarrassed as he was not used to giving compliments to people. With that, he began to leave the room the two and the other students were using. 

The two would be in the hallway by this point. Max watched as some of the students left in two different directions. With the small human traffic out of the way, the two were free to move around and at their own pace without having others get in the way. It was here where he could answer her back. "Oh, yeah I know what Mass Effect is, the character was in the second and third one if he survived. The dying guy right? Also, you have some nice ideas for tattoos, mine seems kind of random after hearing about your ideas," he said. He would have led the way but he did not know where this ice cream soda was made. "I guess I will be tailing you," he said with a bit of a laugh following it.