We'll see. [There's a muted sort of smile that says that he's totally not sure about that...but Clarke's optimism is contagious enough that he'll drop it.

It's the Ark he's more interested in, and as she continues to talk his eyes narrow. That...no. He doesn't like that. The first few things, obviously that makes sense. But...] Doesn't sound too different from jails back home...other than the whole oxygen thing. But what if the council made stupid rules? Who overruled them?

[It was easier to think about school and about the day ahead of them, not the past and not the problems they were going to find for themselves soon in the future. But that didn't mean he wasn't curious. After this he might back off just for the sake of keeping Clarke happy but it'll weigh on his mind for a while.

Stupid Ark.]