Marc answers because the message sounds like it came from the same building and the same kind of tired: complaints first, vocabulary second, the shared dialect of people doing real work under fake calm. He complains, then remembers he shouldn't be complaining to someone he hasn't placed. You watch the correction happen in real time: a pause, a deleting bubble, a shorter second message trying to sound like nothing happened. The opening exists, but it's narrow. One wrong sentence could snap it shut. You want to push for more while he's still warm. You hold back, not because you're good, but because you're frightened of how much you want the next crumb. [[Marc Sends Dashboard Crop|Wait for Marc's dashboard crop]] --- [[Marc Wants Proof Of Identity|See if Marc wants proof of identity]]