[She puts her pen down and turns to face him properly; committing to the conversation.]

I don't really think I did until a couple years ago. I got really into racing when I was about eleven, [The swear in hackers had that right at least.] and I've been riding bikes since I was big enough to balance on one. My parents own an ethnic restaurant so I would deliver orders for them.

But the science? I don't think I knew it was something I wanted to pursue until I started building my first prototype at college. That's when it became real. Before that it was always just a hobby.