"I appreciate that you came all the way down here," He said, "I would do anything to avoid those damned stairs, I'll tell you that for free, but, I don't think you can help me in any way, Mika. The containers are doing most of the work anyway."
Thinking it over some more, he added, "If you can wait for me for a few hours, you can help me guide the Compies up to our tribe, but other than that, I'm good."
Mika seemed upset, and she had trouble hiding it. However, unlike a moment ago, she wasn't upset over being yelled at, she already went past that. She was now upset because she thought that Jimmy was playing dumb, just to piss her off, so she had to get more assertive, as best as she could.
