There's kind of a lot going on right now, and while Hypatia has been doing her best to put on a good hostess front, she's tired and a little concerned by the storm. And her colleagues. And the station as a whole. To clear her mind she's gone on a little walk with a cup of coffee, instructing Skittles to hold down the fort at her place, and it's on this little walk that she discovers Rye on the ground, post bench crumpling.

He looks miserable, and while a tiny part of her says she should leave him alone because she doesn't really know him, it's hard to just abandon someone that looks so defeated.

"Oh, hey," she starts, her voice quiet and gentle, as if talking to a wounded animal so as not to startle it. "Are you ok?" She doesn't ask about the destruction around him.