Tautologies, [ he repeats, with one raised eyebrow and an amused current to his tone. you absolute nerd.

and then he just deflates a bit. ]

Thanks for the thought. Just — reading's never been my strong point, the letters just — [ he waves his hand as if to indicate scrambling ] — so normally back home I sneak into movies, or listen to music, or listen to Edwin read, or we play board games. When we're not working on a case, that is.

[ tilting his head back, he looks up and says, quiet, ] I... haven't really had to be on my own, you know, in the past three decades. So walking — it's getting out, yeah? Seeing places, and the few people who're around. It's not much, but at least...

[ he trails off, but it's pretty easy to hear the rest; at least then, he's not in an apartment, alone and losing his mind over it. ]