That is not what sharing an interest means.

[If Shu is snappy for the first time ever that Donnie has seen, it is not meant to be directed at him. She clears her throat as she realizes she responded a little too quickly.]

My apologies. I simply mean... one ought to receive encouragement in the fulfillment of one's passions. Only then can a child thrive.

[Now she sounds like a self-help book.]

I have decided our next course of action. [...our?] We will find you an apprenticeship as an airship mechanic or in an armor facility. [...we?]