"That's quite a while to spend in such an endeavour. I understand you're part of this one as well." All he needed was a little less everything, to be honest, and with the subtle shift in Jessica, he could just as subtly relax like nothing had happened and go back to almost sounding proudly approving of her efforts spent. "What keeps you in it? Instead of.." He glanced off into a brief thousand yard stare with a slight shake of his head as he tried to muster an idea of what, possibly, could captivate a woman like Jessica's attention and time. "Philosophy or art. Corporate business maybe. I could see you running as a CEO."

While Raylan was otherwise ignoring the cautionary hand on his arm, he was oh so sharply aware of it and did his best to ignore the injection of adrenaline he could just as easily blame on Malcolm's mother. He'd already gathered what they assumed; it was hard not to, but it riled a whole new and dark corner for him.

He was doing his best.