He was so, so watching her. What was she putting away...

Oh crap! Her underwear had to be in there somewhere!

Gulp.

Wait, she'd asked a question. That made an excellent distraction! (Thanks, Momoko.)

"Oh, yeah, everyone's good. Milagro even managed not to be bratty for nearly thirty minutes." He smiled fondly despite his words. "And I think she's really frustrated with math, but managing things okay?" He... felt kinda guilty not being there to help her, too.