"I do also want to spend time with you, for what it's worth," a hair softer. "Just ... multitasking, you know." She's aware of how thin she's stretched, and how it's meant neglecting friendships or potential friendships she might have nurtured before she got the big job.

Still. Focus. "I mean, I'm happy to hear that for your sake, but it does seem ... I can't imagine your condition is stress-triggered, if nothing has happened for that long." She'd seen the state of the four abductees in the infirmary after they returned, for one thing. "What do you think it means? That nothing has happened."