[ It is not a kindness to want Andy to come back. He does, of course, but it's not something he's keen on voicing aloud; he may not consider himself to be particularly superstitious, but it seems disloyal to do so. She has been alive for a very, very long time - and even after just twelve years of life, he's able to comprehend how torturous that must be. Will she come back? Perhaps. Should she? Really? Perhaps not.

He shakes his head, doesn't address it. ]

Considering the circumstances, you've earned being a little pissy. [ She had been upset when he'd arrived. The mitigating circumstances haven't disappeared - it's just that, for Rex, another unfortunate circumstance has been piled on top of that. Cassandra's been dealing with that for all this time. ]

It's all right. Let's just get this done. We'll sort it out another day.

[ He has a tendency to want to get things done immediately, but even Rex has his limits. They're on a time limit, but nothing will come of talking about it today. ]