"It's all right. I wasn't asleep." Perhaps the wrong thing to admit, but it was the truth. "I could tell you weren't having an easy time of it, either." Sleeping. Was that too invasive? He couldn't help but hear it. He knew the difference between a heart truly at rest in slumber and one that wasn't. Sometimes that made those around him uncomfortable because he knew things about them they wouldn't otherwise admit. It was always a question mark over what he should share that he knew and what he should just discreetly avoid mentioning.

With his free hand he reached up and rubbed the stubble on his face. He really did need to shave. "You want some tea? It's not good tea." At least by Matt's standards. It seemed perfectly suitable to most of the population.