Rupert felt the 'ego' and 'poking' comment sting a little, but he shrugged his shoulders. In the end, she was right.
"Precisely. Though... I'm not really sure if I would say that I'm always busy. I do have my off time but I fritter it away in other ways than spending time with people... so, like I said, these last few years it's just come down to these people and myself."