[He lets that rant go on without breaking his poker face. For a second, his mind wanders through the list of platitudes and reassurances he's supposed to put into play at this point and discards all of them.]

Kid, I don't get paid nearly enough to pretend to give a damn.

And yeah, you're right, what you do in three years isn't really my problem but what you do right now is. And I'm pretty sure your dream in life isn't to get knifed in a bar fight right out of high school.