Matt listened to Mohinder only so long before he held up a hand, giving him a halfway fond, halfway exasperated smile. "Hey hey hey, slow down, it's okay, I promise." He waited for Mohinder to really looks at him before he gestured vaguely towards the side. "Look, I'm slightly terrified too, but let's just ... roll with the punches on this one, okay? She's only eleven."

High school was ages away. And Matt was absolutely the kind to look over his shoulder and knew he had trust issues when it came to new people sometimes, but he also had the sense to realize that they couldn't possibly plan for a life. Besides, they'd need time to have fun with it, too.

"Let's just, I don't know, let's just talk about it. As we go." He tilted his head slightly, smile turning reassuring and slightly teasing. "Can't have a hypothesis for everything in life, Mohinder."