[ Her gaze only leaves him for but a moment so that she can extract the travel mug from this gift bag and inspect it. Otherwise, she is watching him do what he always does when faced with a problem: bury himself in books and work.

His quizzical glance meets a rather unimpressed expression on the tiefling. ]

Well, it's not up to you to decide what I think warrants pride, is it?

[ She's proud of him and he can't tell her not to be! ]

... Have you been spending all of your time here?