Ehren looked down at her as he stood, she was quiet and the look on her face suggested disappointment. She didn’t answer his question and that suggested that she didn’t really have the freedom to do anything or go anywhere. He’d made up his mind, government employee or not, that he would stick next to her until she got annoyed with him. He leaned back down and resumed sitting in the spot he was in before.
He didn’t say anything, didn’t know what to say but he stared at the sea as he searched his brain for words. “Listen, I don’t know you but I think you could use my help. An ear or something and I want to help so can I do anything for you?” He asked, careful with his words around someone who could feasibly destroy him.