"So I guess you've already answered my next question, which was going to be whether or not I'd be able to read it," Hopper says. Abraham Lincoln might not be his primary interest, but he's not uninterested in the topic either and he does have a lot of free time to kill. Time spent reading is probably better than time spent drinking.

And if he's Lucy's hero, the book is probably interesting. She probably cares a lot about the content that's in it.

"So I'll just have to ask you directly instead," he decides. "Why's he your hero?"