Nodding his head in understanding, Miah found himself replying. “Well, in that case I won’t try and convince you that you share the same genius level intelligence as Lilah,” he paused as a smile turned up the corners of his mouth. “But if it makes you feel any better I’m fairly certain nobody compares to Lilah’s level of genius.” Not even him, which was saying a lot. “This whole place would probably crumble if we all decided to be lazy as hell.”
“Sometimes those reasons only make sense to the person, or sometimes they end up having to make a lot of bad decisions before they know what’s good.” Miah knew that was the case with him, and some days he still wound up making the bad decisions – even when he knew they were bad. “Actions do speak louder than words, and apparently appearance when it comes to you,” he paused for a moment before adding. “And the fact that I was the only person to offer still surprises me.”
He was relieved when Leah didn’t seem offended with how quick he had been to agree that she was lucky. In truth Miah hadn’t had much family to begin with, so he didn’t necessarily feel the loss the same way some people may have. But he understood how lucky both Leah and Evan were to have a fair amount of their family around. “At least you’re able to realize how lucky you are.”
The first reaction was to shrug off the ‘Thanks’, not feeling like it was truly needed. But he resisted that urge, because as Leah had pointed out he had been the only person to notice her need for help, thus the thanks probably was deserved. “You’re welcome,” he said with a half-smile, “Stairs are generally a challenge when you’ve got balance issues and your arms loaded down with stuff,” granted he was just assuming that her balance was off – he could have sworn he heard somewhere that that happened to pregnant women. “And to answer your question, no I don’t mind at all.”