[Polite feels like the wrong word here, and he's sort of glad Ryan can't see him glance down at him then open his mouth to fill in with a better word... only to find he can't.

Huh.]

Is it polite? I dunno. I guess it was kinda dumb not to just ask you about it.

[They both know it's more complicated than that, but it shouldn't have been. Not really. Not when it came to the two of them. But then it's not like either one of them had been great at communication back when they were younger.]

I'm glad we talk more now. That's better than being polite.