"Has anyone ever told you your mentality is a few years older than average teenagers of your age?"
"In our household, children are taught to be pragmatic," I said, recalling the teaching I hated most of my life. They were nothing, considering the hell I was living in now though. "I did everything to spite that teaching, but I guess it moulded me into the person I'm now.
"As for my mentality, most people don't really care, or I'm just too good at keeping the act according to the situation and place."
"Yes," Cameron agreed. "That is something everyone does, but you do it rather proficiently. It makes it easier for you to blend with people and even befriend people."
I shot him a sceptical look. "Really, I'm terrible at making friends."
"Well, let me count what I've noticed." Cameron sat straighter and started counting his fingers. "You crack jokes even when drowned in misery that shows you have a strong will."
