She ducked her head for a minute, grinning into her tea. "It's just...I've had people tell me, 'Tone it down, Thea, your geek is showing'. But what they don't realize is that I can't. Laughter and joy is bound up in my bones, I just want others to have some of what I have. I want to give them that chance to do what they love." She twisted a lock of hair around her finger. "If I light up when I'm going on about it, that's just a bonus, I guess."