Pāhonoa te oro

I'm in high school, and last year a boy from Thailand moved in. We hit it off after a couple of months; both avid PC gamers, both interested in law and had fairly similar values and intelligence. Introducing him to my friend group was a gradual process, as my friends (although brilliant) can take a while to accept newcomers. Eventually, he was treated as 'one of us', a permenant member if you will. We hung out sometimes, but he always preferred to play PC with me (mostly battlefield). While a