Li was not sure they liked the way Jude and Ed talked. Ed himself was not suspicious but his association with the girl was. Li did not like the increasing feeling that she was the punch line to an inside joke.
"Maybe," Li offered politely enough to Jude the heart breaking supervisor, "since you are saving your lungs for moving you should save your lungs for talking, too."
Li tried to glance through the entertainment center at the other voice that called her name, but she was at an awkward angle on the stairs. Regardless, it seemed like a wonderful opportunity for a change in subject. "James? I am helping Rick move in. Do you want to help?"
Li helped scoot the furniture around the mouth of the stairwell and confirming it was James she smiled with mock seriousness, "I will make sure the carrots do not get you."