Some people don't even know what they want out of life at our age. ...That's something I can admit I admire about you, anyway. [She doesn't have to like how he expresses his ambition (and she doesn't) to compliment that he has it. She does know what it's like to scrape and claw.

What does it matter now? It might not matter at all. It might matter a great deal, just to know to what extent choice and circumstance have played for him. To her chagrin, she's piqued by his declaration, both eyebrows clearing high on her forehead.]

If you promised that, then I'd really like to see what you were capable of pulling off. I'd care more for earnest than spontaneous, but beggars really can't be choosy.