Lea smiled. Almost normal was a definite improvement. "One thing you're gonna learn about me, I don't generally do things by halves," he said.

He took a seat opposite her in the booth. "So... what exactly are you writing there?" It didn't take much brainpower to figure out that it had something to do with what had happened. But beyond that, he had no idea what it was or why it had seemingly consumed all of Nita's time.