( it was a good thing steve was around to help draw him away from the task at hand. like an autonomous machine, james would have truly kept going at it until the task was done. there was something about him, how he often felt like he just had to keep going or doing certain things over and over until he felt it was complete.

yet he couldn't help but stop when he saw steve, and soon he was dusting off his hands and following along. )

I uh...I'll stick to just the food, thanks. I don't have much I can repay you with, but I'll owe you one for now.

( he didn't want to fall back into old habits, so for now if he seemed rather strange when it came to the topic of alcoholic drinks, he would play it off as best as he could. )

I guess someone like you, who has been here for so long isn't really phased by much, huh?