Unexpected. And savored. He ate, each bite taking him to good places in his memories - places he couldn't have even thought of before - and it gave him a good mindset for when he headed out to check on job after job, going to the addresses before he had to face the phone. The phone put him much more on edge than meeting face to face, for reasons he couldn't put a name to.

With just a few easily-believed lies about papers getting destroyed, he had a construction job by two in the afternoon, ready to start the next day. When he got back to the apartment, he had a temporary badge with his name on it, and the intention to have some ice cream in celebration.