[Oh. Well, this wasn't expected. It takes a very long time for Royce to reply. He's never liked Oren. His connection with Mattias and the things he's supposedly done to Mattias...well, that deepened his dislike even further. He doesn't want to even acknowledge the man exists, but that's hard when said man sends you a text out of the blue.]
[Finally, unable to stand the thought of the text hanging unanswered in his inbox, he picks up the nerve to go and answer it.]
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[Finally, unable to stand the thought of the text hanging unanswered in his inbox, he picks up the nerve to go and answer it.]
worried about him, are you?