[ Mako is... momentarily distracted with the yarn, compulsively attempting to untangle it and getting nowhere until Raleigh speaks up. She stops at those words, staring at him in surprise and dawning realisation -- it doesn't take long to add it all up.
Their distance these days, the time she doesn't spend with him, the increased workload and her growing absence, and he thinks -- ]
That's because we've got a lot of projects going on. [ She sets the yarn aside, disinterested in it when she senses an inevitable storm brewing on the horizon. After a pause, she continues, testing the waters, wonders if she's right. Why isn't he looking at her? ] I told you that, didn't I?
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Their distance these days, the time she doesn't spend with him, the increased workload and her growing absence, and he thinks -- ]
That's because we've got a lot of projects going on. [ She sets the yarn aside, disinterested in it when she senses an inevitable storm brewing on the horizon. After a pause, she continues, testing the waters, wonders if she's right. Why isn't he looking at her? ] I told you that, didn't I?