[ Steve's at the school grading papers when it happens, and aside from the scrape of his pen against the paper in a way he hadn't expected, he pulls himself together; he doesn't want to freak Julia out.
He tries his hardest to maintain his calm, even so far as to try and project something like that, the mental equivalent to an outstretched hand, a shoulder. ]
I'm alright.
[ The method of communication still bugs him - not because it's Julia, just because he likes his privacy. But he realizes everyone's in the same boat, and it's not like he's got a lot of thoughts he wants to hide anyway. This one's just another one in the category of general gripes about Deerington, nothing severe. ]
When are you getting off work? I can come pick you up.
[ The best thing he can do for Julia is to just be there. ]
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He tries his hardest to maintain his calm, even so far as to try and project something like that, the mental equivalent to an outstretched hand, a shoulder. ]
I'm alright.
[ The method of communication still bugs him - not because it's Julia, just because he likes his privacy. But he realizes everyone's in the same boat, and it's not like he's got a lot of thoughts he wants to hide anyway. This one's just another one in the category of general gripes about Deerington, nothing severe. ]
When are you getting off work? I can come pick you up.
[ The best thing he can do for Julia is to just be there. ]