"I assumed," Jamie said, tugging on the nut with the wrench. "He'd be around later today. CNN ticker said something about a protest in Connecticut. NPR on the way up said some school district decided to let in mutant students, and I'm guessing that's what the protest is going to be about. I'm also guessing Erik's going to want to do something about it. Patterns and all."
Patterns were what he did and it was just so much easier to relate, especially when it came to, well, talking. He'd never been very social, preferring solving problems --even like the small one the plumbing gave him now-- to having an awkward conversation with someone. Much less a conversation where switching away from English, as he tended to do, might be frowned upon.
Making sure he'd turned the water off, Jamie removed the piece of pipe from the circuit and unscrunched himself from underneath the sink.