Oh, yeah, I don't mind. I want to try it, you know? [ Matthew sounds pretty enthusiastic about it, actually. ] It can't be so bad; lots of people have jobs.

[ Matthew is probably not imagining this as realistically as Gansey, but his failures have never discouraged him from trying new things and he always does his best. (He'd also much rather be doing whatever paralegals do than fighting in a war.) ]

That must be right. You guys have been here for months, haven't you, but I never missed you.

[ So that is comforting, but when it comes to his mom Matthew has grown perhaps a little selfish and he still wants to be with her. ]

Maybe it's like how time runs different in Cabeswater.

[ Being the official "sit in the car and keep time outside" person, surely he's aware of this. ]