Well. I...suppose I'm always glad to be right. Even if it's not in the way I'd originally thought.

[He sounds a little breathless as he says it, but the human contact helps, and not just because of the Synchrony. What a small and easily-overlooked gesture it is, to simply hold someone's hand when they've been vulnerable. What a tender thing, to bring two foreheads together just for the sake of finding comfort in the touch.]

Let's go somewhere more comfortable, so you can tell me about it. I want to know.

[Now it's his turn for a huff of a laugh.]

It's the right time of year for men who should've done better by us.