[ Harold is shy in many aspects, but in regards to his intellect he's merely self-effacing. He doesn't like anyone idolizing him -- he isn't even fully comfortable with the word genius -- but he does truly love his field, and his immediate interest is evident as he sets his own luggage aside and takes the notebook.

Unwittingly, a slight smile crosses his lips as he flips it open. ] Goodness, it's been years since I saw code written on paper. Perhaps I should get you some COBOL coding sheets. [ It's nostalgic for him. Back in the very early days of computers, Harold had paper and punch cards himself. As a lover of physical media, occasionally he still sketches something half-formed onto paper before sitting down to work on it with a keyboard and screen.

He glances through the pages. ] Your handwriting is atrocious. [ It's absolutely all over the place. ] Would you like me to show you the basic text program available on your device? I recommend acquiring a peripheral keyboard -- it can sync wirelessly -- but there is eye motion controlled input as an option as well.

[ Harold doesn't want to be tech support to anyone, but he does love to encourage skill development. Perhaps he should make an IDE for a common beginner language like C or Java, given the amount of interest he's been getting in coding... ]