[He is absolutely not expecting Claude to know what the internet is, considering the conversation so far, but it's a good surprise and he brightens a bit more.]

Yeah, exactly. And that... Actually sounds about the same with the mail too, at least for anythin' that has to be sent physically.

[Which is a little funny to think about, that it basically hasn't changed in all this time aside from being a little more streamlined.

The comment about learning to ride a horse hadn't been a joke, but it had also been kind of a throwaway comment, something he hadn't put much of any thought into other than acknowledging the idea. It had also been a slightly absurd idea, because he's pretty sure he would be absolutely terrible at riding a horse, so the offer of help and where to start is even more helpful than it might otherwise have been; he wouldn't have known the first thing about where to go or who to turn to if he needed it otherwise.]

I might take you up on that. I'm definitely plannin' on staying here instead of the barracks.

[So yeah, he'll probably see them both around, unless he ends up hiding in his room and not speaking to people much outside of helping out around the place. Which is certainly not a thing he'll end up doing. Not at all.

But speaking of not talking to people, he realizes he's kind of been taking up Claude's time, and so--]

Thanks for fillin' me in on all of this, by the way. But I don't want to keep you from the rest of the...

[Whatever this is. Is it a party? A dinner? Whatever it is.]