[He rubs the back of his neck, a nervous tic.] With... picking designs, or with something else?
[He's not deliberately trying to play dense, so much as he knows their relationship has been under a lot of strain lately. He might as well make sure he's not misreading the room.]
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[He's not deliberately trying to play dense, so much as he knows their relationship has been under a lot of strain lately. He might as well make sure he's not misreading the room.]