Even though Avi hardly found it to be a satisfactory answer, he decided not to press the subject. No matter how familiar they had gotten with one another, Tanis was not a friend in any true sense of the word. Swallowing down whatever follow-up question was on the tip of his tongue, he only nodded in acceptance.<br/>"We still have some work to do on your testimony, but we're in a good place," Avi started, speaking through an exhale. He wasn't going to lie to Tanis solely to attempt to calm her uneasiness, finding a professional relationship demanded that honesty.<br/>His eyes had left Tanis, instead opening her folder to the page detailing the first statement he took on the night of her arrest. Thoughtlessly rubbing at his eyebrow, he skimmed the first paragraph.<br/>"I'm hopeful," he added, more to himself than anybody else there.<br/>Sinead reappeared in the doorway not long after. Though only having stated her intent of bringing Avi a cup of coffee, she also carried a plate of assorted sweets. Entering the room in a moment where Avi wasn't looking up, Sinead's eyes instead darted to Tanis.<br/>"I didn't know if you had eaten," she rightfully said, never having gotten an answer to a question she had asked in what felt like a different life time.<br/>Too late for Tanis to decline the food, Sinead placed both the cup and the plate onto the table.<br/>As a result of movement in his peripheral vision, Avi glanced up, mind far removed from coffe or sweets. Regardless, he offered her a grateful, albeit disoriented smile, before turnin his attention to the witness statement.<br/>Sinead, truthfully, was glad he hadn't spared her much more attention. Her eyes briefly darted to Tanis, a barely-there smile to her lips, before turning.<br/>On her way out, her hand brushed against Tanis' shoulder, giving her an encouraging squeeze.<br/>"Alright, have fun, kids," she offered, voice bright and unsuspecting, before retrieving her hand completely and leaving the room, carefully closing the door behind her.