There she goes worrying again. Sometimes, Eugen wonders if he should lessen the amount of things he hides from her just so she would know what's going on but then he'll worry about putting different kind of worries into her mind. He just can't win this...

"You've been busy with work, it's inevitable you wouldn't notice if you haven't seen me often enough. Don't beat yourself over it." That and he had deliberately kept quiet about it from her too because he doesn't want to involve her with the network. Now that she is, he'll have to rethink his approach since she'll be able to access the network for information.

He grits his teeth in mild annoyance at himself when she went into the kitchen to pack the cookies. I should leave.

"They are alright, we get along well. I'm sure you'll run into them in the network soon."