Fortunately, Eric was very curious and always had plenty of questions.
However, they weren't the kind of questions I had been expecting.
Most of the time I could only say, 'I'm not really sure', or, 'That's just how it is.' I didn't feel very helpful at all.
Some years ago we had a foreign exchange student come to stay, but he didn't want to use our guest room. He preferred to sleep in our pantry...