Stavanger Bay Your yelling's getting loud, keep it down now

Gonna wrap this up since we have a new one

One corner of his mouth tugged upwards, but it weak and brief, and could not match the comraderie that he saw in her smile. He felt it though; some twinge of companionship.

"Nope." His answer was quick and his lips formed a hard line there after. He could hide the pangs of jealousy and envy then (or so he believed).

His mind was elsewhere. Running down some distant shore, as it were, with all of this getting further and further behind him. Distracted, and weary of attempting any more conversation, he sought to leave. "Think I'll bed down for a bit," he murmured.

"See you around, Roz."