Silence. Pure, undeterred silence. That is, except for the occasional clicking of the young Puffball flipping through television channels silently.
Matthieu, said Puffball, didn't really talk all that much. He was, to say the least, quiet. It wasn't that he was shy, or he was antisocial or anything of the sort; oh no, that wasn't the case at all. Quite the contrary, really. He loved to talk...
When he found something to talk about, that is.
He had only one friend - another Puffball by the name of
Phantom - and even then, he didn't have anything "cool" in common with her. Sure, they were both similar colors, and they both enjoyed reading, but that was where the similarities ended.
A sudden thought popped into his head, and without a word, Matthieu flipped to BBC America on the television. He had recalled Phantom speaking of a show called "Doctor Who", and upon her recommendation, decided to check it out. There was a marathon on that particular day, and he got to the channel just in time to catch the beginning of the first episode.
Needless to say, by the end of the third episode, he was hooked.
In honor of his favorite character in the show - the Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith - Matthieu declared himself a true Whovian and began wearing the bowtie you see him in now. He also started allowing people to call him Matt, also in honor of Matt Smith.