"At least he's willing to try. That's what he told me, anyway, that he promised you and wants to keep that promise... but he's obviously stuck between that and not wanting to sign at all. Do you know if he's considering anybody else? We got into contract terms and I'm not sure if him saying I should write it up was avoidance or a sign he might back out entirely."

Drake brow furrows -- he's worried about K. They aren't close, not by his standard and definitely not by K's, but the replicant is just one of Those People for Drake. Someone he meets and wants to help with everything in him. It's tough when people like that don't let him.

"I'm gonna give him space until his grace period's about up, I think. Then if he doesn't answer maybe you could go check in, turn those big pretty eyes on him? Desperate measures, but he feels like another one who just needs to live something to believe it. He can't imagine it not being horrible, you know?"