No. Well- not exactly, I mean she grew up back home, but it wasn't, like, overnight. It took a few years, and a lot more dogfood than she really has access to here...

( He starts, watching Rita's little hands work for a few seconds before he lets his eyes drift back down to Kyle's.

And then he starts visibly, a new furrow in his brow over something that clearly isn't Rita-adjacent. )

Wait- are you wearing contacts, or have those always been like that? Am I just now noticing? Am I going crazy?