[Not surprisingly, the fact that Don has been withdrawing into exercise has alienated Robert to some degree. Normally, there would be no issue in just casually sitting down to discuss some unrelated tidbit of scientific, mechanical or just general trivial knowledge - now those moments are few, far between, and tortured out like the linguistic equivalent of Forty Questions.
The scientist comes to a halt in front of the open door, peering inside as though stepping over the threshold might come with some sort of penalty.]
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The scientist comes to a halt in front of the open door, peering inside as though stepping over the threshold might come with some sort of penalty.]
... Don...?