“Oh. Yes, uh well, I can see why. Considering…” Considering he got attacked by killer robots, but Julian doesn’t think Phil really wants to hear about those right now so he just frowns instead of finishing the sentence, still looking awkward and unsure.

Julian doesn’t have the bag of candy with him, but he does have some stuffed in his pant pocket, and he takes out a few and holds them out to Phil. “Don’t worry about the buzz. Eat the candy. They’re butterscotch.”