"...why do you call be 'little bro'?" He asked, stopping at the door to look at Apple in all seriousness. It was like a weird mix of the other names he'd been given over the years, but strange to have acquired it so quickly. "It...isn't because I'm short, is it?"

Pausing for a moment, again, he spoke more in a more curious tone than he had before. "What...do you do for fun?"