You? Anxious? Well, that does make me feel better about all the times you got sad when you saw me. I thought I just made you extremely miserable.

[He won't judge. One of the most powerful people he knows gets overwhelmed in social situations, but he wouldn't notice it until they became closer friends.

He sighs, his mouth relaxing into a smile, and crosses his arms before his chest.] I don't know. I think I miss what the old me had. And I see these ducks all the time and no one else seems to know much about them. And...well, I was your friend, too. I'm not a changed man. Maybe you missed talking to me and you wouldn't make the first move out of respect. Which I totally understand, so I'm asking first.