[Again, Aubrey doesn’t move as Eren resumes his work. She’s much more cognizant this round, less rigid, but it’s not like she’s going to fight him on this.]

[And although, still without looking, she doesn’t detect the confusion, he doesn’t sound antagonistic either. Aubrey’s not sure if it would matter if he was, anyway.]

Earlier. When we were talking.

I looked away for a little bit, and…

[How specific should she be? What prompted that?]

I thought you were having a heart attack. Or a seizure or something. [Not dismissive or flippant at all. Nothing specific was in mind at the time, really.] I was even yelling for you…

You didn’t answer.