"Oh, man, and you switched to credits? If I ever get back home I'm going to have to cash in that piggy bank before dollars are worthless." Not that dollars aren't totally worthless back home, but that's why it's secretly funny to Howard.

"Sounds boring. Then again, maybe it just lost all the thrill when you grew out of being the whipping boy." For his part, Howard's fairly small, having reached his adult height at just 5'3. "What'd you go in for?"