A beat of silence, and Holden decides to give the kid a hand.
"Okay, let's narrow it down," he says. "Something's wrong, you have a question, you need something, or there's something I need to know. One of those four?" He's sort of assuming that Nico isn't here just to socialize, and that there isn't a compliment on Holden's great shipkeeping in the works. It would be a nice surprise if this was just Nico saying hey, I like your kitchen, let's make pancakes, but -- unlikely.
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"Okay, let's narrow it down," he says. "Something's wrong, you have a question, you need something, or there's something I need to know. One of those four?" He's sort of assuming that Nico isn't here just to socialize, and that there isn't a compliment on Holden's great shipkeeping in the works. It would be a nice surprise if this was just Nico saying hey, I like your kitchen, let's make pancakes, but -- unlikely.