[The smile--and question--earns a suspicious look of his own in response as he tries to read the meaning behind her expression.]
Not exactly.
[...Sort of true, but sort of not, although he's not about to get into it even if Maketh calls him on the partial lie. But anyway--]
And as I said, I work here, and people are having enough problems with the event going on.
[So being helpful--and at least moderately pleasant--is important. People are depressed and on edge enough already without any of their problems being added to by someone they might be going to for help.]
no subject
Not exactly.
[...Sort of true, but sort of not, although he's not about to get into it even if Maketh calls him on the partial lie. But anyway--]
And as I said, I work here, and people are having enough problems with the event going on.
[So being helpful--and at least moderately pleasant--is important. People are depressed and on edge enough already without any of their problems being added to by someone they might be going to for help.]