[He laughs and kicks a little water at Laurence to shame him for his commitment to being mad about something so out of his control. But afterwards he's nodding in agreement.]

It was my first time writing letters as well. It was hard to know what to say. But I was happy when I received them in return.

[But also tilting his head at the guilty look. What's wrong? ]

Yes. Sometimes I feel like I'm a step behind everyone because I haven't done common things and there are things I don't understand because of how I was raised. But when you haven't either, I don't worry about it.

[You make him feel good! Not bad!]