He hums a neutral kind of acknowledgement while Richie clonks around but otherwise lets the existential questions quietly drop. Mostly because he's not feeling very inclined to think about them too hard. (Sandra had been the closest thing to a sounding board or a sense of solidarity he had on the subject, but even then—he mostly tries not to examine it all too hard until he has to. Maybe not the best method of coping, but it's his.)
As for the offer, noncommittally—]
Didn't mean to pull you away.
[From...whatever it is he's busy doing with his day before Boxer changed the subject. Talking to the sleeping masses.]
no subject
He hums a neutral kind of acknowledgement while Richie clonks around but otherwise lets the existential questions quietly drop. Mostly because he's not feeling very inclined to think about them too hard. (Sandra had been the closest thing to a sounding board or a sense of solidarity he had on the subject, but even then—he mostly tries not to examine it all too hard until he has to. Maybe not the best method of coping, but it's his.)
As for the offer, noncommittally—]
Didn't mean to pull you away.
[From...whatever it is he's busy doing with his day before Boxer changed the subject. Talking to the sleeping masses.]