Xanthippe looked uncomfortable. There was even a slight squirm, and not in the fun way.

"Well, it's different for my roommates," she said, "because they're, like, jocks. All they have to care about is sports, and they barely even have to care about that because they're, like, so obscenely good at it or whatever."

She would've liked for something to feel that effortless to her, too.