Noah smirks before he shakes his head, folding his arms across his chest despite the anger still rushing through him. He's looking at her curiously though like he can tell she's feeling weirdly unsettled or something's up even if he's not really sure what.

"Seemed to have worked. I would have been raising my voice all over the place. Kids are assholes."

Not all of them, but a lot of them are. Most of the ones he grew up around and with, they were assholes.