[he lets out a breath of a laugh, though the sound is largely without humor, and starts to tell her that, yeah, this is the part where he tells her it's not all bad. he stops when she goes on, however, and hums instead]
Yeah. [a beat] And yeah, no, I got nothing. They more or less do what they want, when they want, to hell with us.
No worries. I'm a little slow myself, what with the holiday coming up.
Yeah. [a beat] And yeah, no, I got nothing. They more or less do what they want, when they want, to hell with us.