[ me as nodd, frankly. it's probably better that he's not crouching, if only because shoma would be irritated. this alone is actually helping, and he considers this comment for a moment. ]

I think all of us were kind of stressed out Saturday. Besides, it's not like I can really blame anyone for being wary when none of us really know each other still. [ it also helps that shoma has lied to the police a few times himself so he's really like "no i get it." ] But thanks. I just...really wanted to make sure we were doing whatever we could to figure stuff out.