Having said that, would you like to reexamine the question of what I could possibly like about you, if not that you're smart?

[She's had kids like that, too. Never her own, naturally, but the ones who chase her. There's no denying she does it for the fun, but there's a certain sort of pleasure in watching them keep up with her and learn from doing it, too.]

He's a lucky boy, to have you in his life. Is he reading yet?