It was always nice to have someone ask after her while she was working and seem genuine about it, and Julie smiled warmly in response to it. "I'm doing good, thanks," she answered out loud. While she'd grown comfortable enough with Daryn communicating with her telepathically, she just wasn't comfortable responding mentally. It was a little awkward talking out loud to someone who wasn't actually talking out loud back at her. "Things have been busy, but you caught us in a lull, so I'm not scattered around too much just now. It'll get pretty busy again, probably in about an hour or so," she chattered a bit, leaning against the side of the bench opposite Daryn.