"All right," he seemed startled by her question, though he wasn't really. And he was all right either. But he wanted to be all right, and he needed to act all right if nothing else. For everyone else, and especially Grell. It was his job to be all right. "All things considered," he added after awhile, and that much was true. He'd spent a little while hiding with Toby before the kid went back home and he knew how to find him again at least, but Toby needed to go home, and Espio needed to grow up more for both their sake. It was a mess all around.
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