"Hey." Friendly-like. Jim sidles up, nudges him in the arm with his elbow, looks out at the view. "It's a problem. Problems have solutions."

Don't sound so totally morose. It's awful, but they'll be able to build from it, even if it does get worse. Which it certainly will. Jim's no blind optimist - not by far - but he's a determined, bullheaded worker.

"I wanted to check up on you, mostly. And ask how the investigative journalism's going."