Is he? That's aces, mate. Bet he's doing good things.

[ his smile is easy, too, a tad understanding — he can hear it, the slightest bit of longing for home, and really, who wouldn't have that, here? and if he ducks his head slightly at the compliment, well. he's never been particularly good at taking those.

so when the topic shifts, he actually exhales in abject relief, don't mind him, ]

Yeah, that's him. We sort of started solving cases accidentally, ran into this one lady who wanted help... and then realised we were pretty damn good at it. Founded the agency about a year after meeting each other.