[Those socks are amazing and pull a smile from Chris even with everything hanging over this.]

I'll take the welcome, pleasant or not.

For record, cause you know I'm blunt: if this doesn't work or doesn't work full cause of whatever he did, there'll be nothing sore from me. I appreciate you trying at all.

[Not that he isn't nervous. Not that he doesn't feel like he's vibrating under the skin...but he takes a breath.]

What do you need me to do?