The explosion hurt his alcohol-afflicted brain but, apparently, that barely compared to what the woman was going through. Chris couldn't help noticing how genuinely pained she looked, gripping her side like that. Was she actually injured? He dropped the remote and took a seat beside her on the couch.
"Hey, are you alright?" For a moment there, he was genuinely concerned and forgot to explain what was going on. "Oh, see, that remot-- Basically, the smaller rectangles control the bigger ones. So now you can watch the movie you chose. This uh," Chris nodded towards the screen, which flashed some action-packed sequence he couldn't really distinguish from millions that looked exactly the same. "This looks very dangerous. We should stay close." He scooted towards her just slightly. Hey, there was no harm in using the situation to get close to a very nice looking girl.