It's hard to set yourself to learning calculus when you're --

Not upset, Cullen thinks. That would be entirely too dramatic. Disgruntled. Unsettled? Unsettled.

Still. It's better than trying to say anything.





Unfortunately, an unmasked barmaid brings over his soup -- onion, with melted cheese covering the top -- and a large hank of still-warm bread, so Cullen can't use fluid dynamics as an excuse any longer.