Well, he didn't have the same kind of bond with people in Haven as Octavia did -- well, Octavia had one with one person in Haven anyway -- so what else was he meant to be doing? Duke had expected little else.

He stood upright, wiping his faintly greasy forehead with a more than faintly greasy hand. "You saying I've been falling down on the job back home?"

He meant it to come off teasing. It came out . . . half-teasing. Mostly tired.