Sometimes it was nice to focus on someone's else's problems when you had ones of your own. Her issues weren't likely going to dampen how he felt about his home situation, though. Still, he was going to try to stay encouraging. "I'm sure you are."

He huffs out a soft chuckle. "Elliott would never tell anyone to shut up."

He shrugs after a while, not sure what he's feeling right now. "We can talk about whatever. I probably will start babbling stuff I would try to hide, anyway. That's been happening all weekend. Kinda why I'm in this situation."