"Tell me about it. Everything's different up here all of a sudden."

Not like he minded or even cared at the moment. He was just relieved to see a friendly face who wouldn't pat him on the head like a child and tell him everything was going to be fine. Ven flinched visibly at the innocent question, and couldn't deny it to save his life. But nor did he want to confirm it.

"Something... I'll be all right. What are you taking pictures of?"

Distract time! How could he just dump a few industrial truckloads worth of fresh emotional baggage on a new friend? He'd barely been able to talk to Mickey about it, because he'd felt that bad about burdening someone else with it.

Nah. He was determined not to let onto how deep the hurt ran.