[There was a flicker of... Something there on his face, but Bruno didn't know him well enough to guess at what it might be. But he was grateful to know they could keep talking for awhile, even if the conversation wasn't exactly... Deep.]

Oh, good. I'd hate to think I was keeping you from your job.

[He smiled in a way he hoped was convincing, but he was so used to faking it these days that he had no idea if it'd work, or if he'd just end up looking a little crazy.]