Mikaela listened quietly, not saying anything, just watching Nena through half-lidded eyes. "That's just the way he is," she said quietly, when she was done. "Y'know? He's...a jerk, and sometimes it seems like he doesn't care when he's all wrapped up in what he's doing, but that's...

"Tieria," she finished with a shrug, her lips pressed into a thin, unhappy line.