There's a nod and a smile in return for her comment about being one of the few people who could manage to double check someone else's work on a project that he hasn't been involved with much less seen before. And if it colors the conversation for a bit afterwards, at least it's not a bad thing to having coloring events, and he's more than glad to simply talk about whatever should happen to cross their respective minds.

That said, it comes as a surprise, when Helen simply falls asleep - and not just that, falls deeply asleep besides; for a moment or three he simply stays where he is, enjoying the fact that her head is resting on his shoulder. But eventually, he does set his (long-since emptied) wine glass aside and shift enough to carry her gently to bed before retreating once again to the couch.

When she wakes again, that's where she'll find him, idly turning the projector for the holo-map over in his hands.

"Awake again, I see."