"Ah." He chuckled, the book tower staying steady. "I was the kid who went for Homer over Hawking. It always sounded interesting but I never was good at science." He paused and then made a vague 'ehh' noise.

"Okay, I'm decent at anatomy and very specific kinds of chemistry, but mostly because I... grew up in a funeral home?" He couldn't help but have his voice pitch up at the end of that. He'd spent years and years in school being teased for that fact among others.