[ okay, so maybe she checks out. not that he expected any grand reveal in a five minute conversation but she sounds -- reasonable? tentatively sliding her a millimeter off the be wary of list in his head: thanks keith. ]

Okay. [ -- okay okay. ] Sorry for coming across like I’m accusing you of something -- [ which he was. shh. ] -- I only wanted to be sure of where you stand.

[ y’know, since they’re meant to work with each, if only by proxy of being employed by the same people. he pauses and then finally turns to face her, relaxing his expression into something friendlier. ]

Sounds to me that you have your head on straight in all of this mess.