I've found a lot of things I'm used to back home are dying arts in the future. Everyone wants things fast and easy, so stuff that takes time and skill just... fades away.

[Tragic, really, but that's the future for you.

He moves carefully, stiffly. He doesn't have his usual fluidity of movement and his balance isn't up to snuff- but he manages to stay upright this time at least.]

Yeah. I hope so. From what I've been reading, it could last as long as three months.

[Which feels unthinkable. One is almost impossible to bear, two more? Not at all. Still, he manages a tiny smile in her direction.]

I'd appreciate that. I've been trying, but he can only take so much worrying from me before he gets snippy.