[Right. He definitely hasn't been avoiding her, either.

Except for the part where he absolutely has. For half a moment, he thinks about retreating before she can answer, but the door opens before he has the chance to second-guess himself, and he exhales slowly.]

H-hey.

[Not his smoothest greeting. Is his face a little red? Can't be, just a trick of the light.]

I just wanted to— check in with you. See how you were doing. The end of that dreamscape was...

[It hadn't been real, but it still hadn't been easy to watch. He hadn't stuck around for the whole thing, but he'd seen enough.]

... it was pretty rough for everyone involved, yeah?