Re: action
[Tieria had to stop working and look at Lyle to make sure he wasn't misinterpreting that response. It took a moment for him to decide one way or the other before he went back to what he was doing.]
Indeed.
[He was okay with it.]
What have you been up to?
[It sounded awkward for him to say that, mostly because he was sort of mimicking Lyle's own question.]