Timo struggles to work out how that's relevant for a moment. "So you only went to class when they were there?" That was a little worrying. He was probably quite behind. But they could work on that. After all, Timo hadn't started his formal education until he was in his early teens and he'd still done well enough.

Deciding that the soup was done enough, he served it up for Ivan, and then passed him the bowl. "Be careful, it's still hot."