Really. [ Have a long, steady look. ] If that's supposed to be reassuring, Hikaru -- you're not even trying.

[ But he does smile. Better, this time. More relaxed and less freaked and closer to stone cold sober than he is going to be at all tonight.

Josh exhales a breath, kills his cigarette and sinks back into the chair. ] I might bounce. [ Mouth in a thoughtful line again. ] But maybe in a little bit.

[ Hauling himself home now will likely wake him up. And sleep needs to be a thing, especially since he has work at Rhainnon in the "morning". ]