[ Is he setting up a need to step out? The timing is a little too off to be a way to break the tension.
Instead of drawing further attention and making something big of something small, Ash notes the oddity of not noticing a notification and returns to the food. Max really is busy with his work, now.
Today is for Michael more than Max. As much as he'd like to pretend otherwise, Max hadn't spent many Thanksgiving with Michael -- not even belated ones. So, it's no good to allow the meal to pass in silence. There were a lot of things to ask about a boy who rarely got to talk about himself. What did he think of basketball? Did he look forward to the music stuff instead? If he did, he should learn entire songs so that he wasn't like Max, who got stuck on a line or two.
Ash might brag about him, but that didn't mean he couldn't also tease him. ]
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Instead of drawing further attention and making something big of something small, Ash notes the oddity of not noticing a notification and returns to the food. Max really is busy with his work, now.
Today is for Michael more than Max. As much as he'd like to pretend otherwise, Max hadn't spent many Thanksgiving with Michael -- not even belated ones. So, it's no good to allow the meal to pass in silence. There were a lot of things to ask about a boy who rarely got to talk about himself. What did he think of basketball? Did he look forward to the music stuff instead? If he did, he should learn entire songs so that he wasn't like Max, who got stuck on a line or two.
Ash might brag about him, but that didn't mean he couldn't also tease him. ]