“Hello,” I say, and his body goes completely still for a moment before he looks up at me. He glances over his shoulder, as though wondering if I’m speaking to someone behind him. I grin. “Hello, you.” “Hi.” I sit down across from him. “How ya doing?” He stares at me. I wait, patiently. Before he speaks, he deliberately puts a bookmark into his book and closes the cover. “Fine, how are you?” “Good! What are you reading?” “Uhm, aren’t you supposed to be working?”