（ when socially awkward hypervigilant people who've spent years in survival mode collide...? #blessed.

as he's stirring soy sauce into the sizzling cabbage — ）

Are there areas you wish to solicit advice on? Presently, were I to take a metaphoric 'stab in the dark' at such a thing, I expect it would only seem arrogant of me. I do not know enough of you to presume what may be useful to you, or what is already familiar.

（ he prefers to use his words deliberately, or not speak at all. ）