( okay, so he can see the point of this, now. it's annoyingly effective, actually, for someone who spends a lot of time lately focusing on the worst possible outcome of any event.

...admittedly, the worst possible outcome does happen, a lot, but even so. )

Probably, they'd just answer? And I don't know, maybe ask if I was okay, or something like that. I probably wouldn't get, like, cut off or anything.