Not just as family, but as the one person who knows how to tend to his mechanical clockwork, Nick's response elicits some cause for concern. Because she knows it isn't always as something as simple as a psychological problem, or vice versa...

Much as she wants to assure him that everything will be all right, she doesn't want to fill him with empty assurances and no guarantee. Besides, there is a more pressing query in the back of her mind.

"How do you mean?" She leans forward, brows knitted as she studies Nick's weathered features. "What 'things' aren't working for you?"