( The look he shoots back is the facial equivalent of yeah, yeah, shut up already. They've got that covered, they both know what he's doing. )

Not just that. I mean, like...

( And this is where he's at a disadvantage; he's an engineer, not a psychologist, he has no idea what he's talking about really. It takes him a second to try and explain it in a way he thinks makes sense. )

There's burying yourself in work so you don't deal with your problems, yeah, but... the stuff I'm building doesn't come with its own... emotional labor. It doesn't weigh anything for me to fix it. Helping people out with their baggage is... something else. It depletes energy. I'm just worried about making sure you can keep up with refueling yours.