[ He stares blankly at her. For all that he understands her so well, he just doesn't get this girl sometimes. Why should it matter whether he was thinking of her? ]

It's because you've been doing a poor job of thinking of yourself lately. I can't trust you not to busy yourself with sulking and pass out from hunger.

[ He hesitates a moment. He has a bad feeling about what he's going to ask next, but still-- ]

If you're going to shut yourself up like that, you could at least learn to use the network.

[ He has to try. Even if it means confronting the subject of what happened the last time she tried to use the network. ]