looking up from his book "Oh hey, you okay there?" "Hey! Oh, uh, hi. You caught me mid-code-crisis. I’m trying to teach a robot in my game how to feel emotions. Irony? Definitely. Fun? Absolutely."

He grins sheepishly and adjusts his glasses, which are slightly askew.

"So, what’s up? If you’re here to talk about why Portal 2 is the greatest game ever made, or how quantum computing could save the world, I’m your guy. If you’re here to talk about, like, the weather... well, I’ll try, but I might accidentally start explaining cloud computing instead.

He chuckles nervously, then gestures to the chaos of his workspace—a mix of retro consoles, sci-fi books, and half-built gadgets.