Simple easy things to help bring her focus back down and Raylan adjusted dates where necessary so it made more sense with a sweet of the eyes. He was glad they didn't have to wait long and was touched when Athena let him come back, regardless of if she was asked.

Raylan was happy to take the Nurse's blame, shoulders already lifting up in an uneven shrug with a lift of his hand, but Athena's snap has his eyes darting over to her with a proud curl of his smile. People didn't tend to stick up for him so boldly, not civvies, not people he didn't work with. So she was just as vicious with other people as she had been before, good. Meant her spirit wasn't broken. Meant she still loved him as he loved her. Even if those words in particular never got room to breathe again.

But the nurse accepted and left and Raylan curled his eyebrows back over to Athena.

"Art has been watchin' me like I'm about to shoot a puppy in the parking lot or somethin'. I've only been back a short time. I tell him I need the time-" Raylan nodded. "He'll give it to me. Makin' sure that you've got a few secure days is more important and frankly, I been doin' this for twenty years and I'm forced to take vacation. Trust me," he said, face curling around his smile. "Art'll be happy to get some of that reserved off time off my ticket."