Eeeh, I'm not that good. [He hands her a Coke and goes to chalk up a cue.]

Kinda fell outta practice, only getting back into it. Lost my pool partner recently, though.

[He wants to ask if she's okay but the place is semipublic. But he lets his concern show plainly in his dark eyes as he meets her gaze.]

[His words, though, are more neutral.] Things have gotten weird. You need anything, I'm around.