Whitefish River Nerdz

She smiled at him and nodded, wondering what might be distracting him. Like with her, the possibilities were endless; they both held a lot of responsibility here, and with Ira gone, he probably had even more to worry about. 

When he asked about her own troubles, she shrugged a little. She hated to complain or make anyone worry about her; besides, it was her job to listen to his problems, not the other way around. Just worried about Emrik and wish he was home, she answered anyway. She didn't want to lie. It distracts me sometimes, but I'm okay, she assured him.

And what about you? She purposely directed the conversation away from herself. How are you? She would happily listen to anything he wanted to talk about.