It's what I'm hoping. With the time limit, it takes the guess work out of it. Not saying if the person who left cools down or regroups sooner than two hours, they can't come back to it before then. That's just the outside limit.

[It's less than the blink of an eye objectively. Subjectively, it's a different story for both of them.

It's significant to him that he's not removing his glasses. He squeezes his hands again and steps away toward the kitchen to give him some space.]

I'm putting on the kettle. Am I making tea for two?