[He doesn't look like he's having a hard time. On the other hand . . . well, there's a level of humanity that he lost in the months after Bruno's death, a realness that he's regained in his time here. It's gone again now, his competence a porcelain mask even when he could be said to be relaxing, like now, cross-legged on the bed and reading a book, the same line over and over, absorbing nothing.]
[He offers a soft smile, mostly to Jolie, who has the benefit of not having any problems other than not being able to swim - yet - and slides his legs off the bed, dangling his bare feet over the carpet.]
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[He offers a soft smile, mostly to Jolie, who has the benefit of not having any problems other than not being able to swim - yet - and slides his legs off the bed, dangling his bare feet over the carpet.]
Does she need hot water or cool? Does it matter?