Body language gave away a lot about a person from the way they hide to the way they act. It's why when he develops his own poker face he keeps all emotion from bleeding into any of it. Everyone had their tells though and that was only a matter of time.

Maybe it's too late for her, or so he thinks, for her to be soothed by someone's voice or the comfort of their presence in order to fall asleep to a bedtime story. It was less about the story itself and more for the company, the fact someone loved them enough to do so, or the comfort of knowing someone was there.

"Maybe not. Do you always read a book from start to finish or do you break it up into pieces?"