[The petting helps. She lets out a little scoff at his observation, reaching over to pick absently at a loose thread on his jeans.]

Yeah. He's a total asshole. So's most of his family. They didn't think my mom was good enough.

["Slumming it" was a phrase Kyna's heard more than once. Honestly, most of this isn't too awful to talk about when they're staying away from discussing the emotions of it.]

Anyway, eventually he got bored and fucked off and then I mostly taught myself.