"Yeah, well, there's all of that stuff out...there, too." Out there obviously meaning "the rest of the world that is not this den of frivolous stupidity." He makes vaguely frustrated little grasping motions with his hands.

"I mean...there's, there's no way to grow while you're here. You can't learn anything, or push yourself to your limits, or see what you're capable of." (Seeing how many chili dogs you can eat without barfing does not count.)

He thinks suddenly of his friend Leon back home. "What about your potential?"