"Or my wife essentially telling me to go off and shag Angelina Johnson? Uncomfortable is certainly a word for it," Roger agreed with a careful nod.
"A few days, in the grand scheme of things, that doesn't much matter. I don't want those days to be what you think of me, here." He had been gone for so long, in her time- Roger wanted to be sure that he gave Padma good memories, here, and not poor ones. Even if the last few days contradicted that.