[ there's certainly a lot to be mulling over of late, and whatever laxity keith had in rolling with the punches seems to have disappeared entirely. or to be more on the nose about it, it might have been choked out of him after shiro damn near strangled him to death over that fucking worm game.

has he recovered? physically? sure. mentally? not so much. this is arguably exactly why the counseling department exists at adi, but time is short and who has time for counseling when they could be chasing down answers? in other words, tim's entirely correct in his assessment here. keith is approaching all tense, with zero patience to spare for bullshit.

the thing is though... keith thinks he's under control. thinks he's got a handle on his volatile temper. it didn't exactly feel good to make pam cry, and it's not like he wants tim to put on the waterworks either. all he wants is answers: pure and simple. ]

Listen. I'm just gonna get straight to the point. That TikTok account that Pam got the worm game from? The source code of the worm game? Both of them seem to be trying to catch the attention of someone at ADI -- a J Griffin.

[ he narrows his eyes slightly, studying tim's expression. ]

Care to explain what that's about, James?