[He nods thoughtfully. He can tell there's more to it than that and he wonders if she is also saying just enough to answer the question but also avoid the details. Yes, that has to be exactly what she's doing and Maes can't exactly blame her or call her out on it since that's exactly what he's doing it. It feels rude to pry into the life of someone he barely knows, but he is certainly starting to feel a kinship or a potential for one.

Maes has a hard time sitting still in the heavy silence though and picks up where he left off in the origami. It gives him a focus if nothing else, maybe he won't overthink as much.]

They say no news can be good news. [Pause. Flip. Fold.] I find that to be a load of crap. It just means you're left coming up with all of the worst case scenarios. Worrying about people and things you can't actually do anything about to change. It's frustrating.