"Since New Years? It's been quiet. Which I'm considering a much needed break," he admitted with a soft chuckle.

"Elio had a rough few weeks at the end of the year. Come to think of it, I suppose I did, too," he admitted, his lips pressed into a thin smile. October on had been eventful. Not all of it was bad, of course, but he knew better than to take a few weeks of much needed quiet for granted.

"How are things going at the paper? Are they giving you much to do?"