"Isn't it?" Reynard's gaze slides over to side eye Adia for just a beat. "You'll surprise yourself too, one day. I'm sure of it," he tells her with resolute certainty.

He grins broadly when she mentions her ability to kayak. "Then I'll have to take you out on the water some time." Her question prompts a roll of his lips and he shifts his weight as he thinks. Finally he turns to her again. "What about helping me become an 'educated man'? If you'd like to. I know as much science as I've chanced upon, and mathematics where money is concerned..." His grin makes his eyes twinkle at her. "Then again, teaching me something like that might test your patience."