“Um… I kind of just said my mom would tie herself to a giant redwood tree?” While he doesn’t always agree with his parents, and they want nothing to do with him, Robbie will still defend them to the end. “She’s tenacious. So is my dad. They’re just tenacious in a different way.”

He shrugs. “Maybe I’m still rebelling against suburbia. I’m not too old for that, right? Do you guys even have burbs?”