[He ducks his head and nods, then hesitantly bumps her shoulder with his.]

'S'cool. I'm. Actually not that bad at listening lately.

[It's still awkward and strange, especially because he's not used to talking with Daneca specifically. He's used to talking at her and then ignoring what she says in return. But he's trying to listen now.]

. . . You gonna say anything about the blowback or not? Because you can bullshit other people but you can't bullshit me, not on that one.