Evan chuckled and shrugged a shoulder. “When they catch things, anyway,” was mumbled under his breath, and probably rather telling as to how stressed out he was actually starting to feel. Rather than keep the conversation moving that way, he took the offered out and nodded his head, shrugging a shoulder and going on with the subject change.
“If you can really call growing up with monsters outside their little safe haven sheltered.” He dreaded the moment where some kid got curious and wandered outside. That would be one of the worst things that could possibly happen, and given the mischievous nature that some kids tended to carry, Evan was figuring that it would only be a matter of time. Evan would rather not keep anyone oblivious for that very reason, but he also understood what telling them about the world outside would do. “There's merit to both sides,” was his defense of his girlfriend's standpoint, but that was all he could muster.
He chuckled. “More than a little. It was one of those things, you know? The ones that you wanted to do before the world ended but seemed impossible now?” The story about Olivia's death was more common knowledge than he wanted it to be, but he didn't hide it anymore. “Turns out it was less impossible than I'd initially imagined.” Funny how that seemed to happen every now and again. It was hard for him to imagine a child without Olivia, but he knew that Leah was a good mother.
With a nod, he shrugged a shoulder. “I'd probably want to start out with that sort of thing, too,” he mused. “Just so that I didn't accidentally blow anyone up with my lack of education in the matter.” A strange thing for him to say, because of the people alive, he was among the most educated, but science or whatever else had never really been his forte. “Is or was?” he asked, picking up on the change in tenses in her reply.
But then his question was answered. He nodded his head once in understanding. “No, I absolutely agree with that.” He looked around; there were still a few bloodstains on the floor and it was very obviously disheveled. “Well, if there's anything I can do to help, even right now, please don't hesitate to ask me.”