Glitch murmurs thanks at the help, then literally bites his tongue to see if it will help. The words that have been looping in his mind for days are spinning ever faster, now a persistant buzzsaw grind (gods he hates that sound) and it's a struggle to keep them contained.

DG's gone, DG's gone, DG's gone--

He realizes Bagoas doesn't know, if he'd known he'd have been around directly or maybe not appeared at all and was that why he'd sent the message as a text? To keep it from the young man? No, his only throught at the time had been to avoid saying the words aloud, there'd been no other motive and now he has to say something. Before he says anything else, before they talk about anything else, he has to say it.

"It's hugely underrated," he replies, gaze fixed out the window as he arranges beverage things on a tray. "A-and it's good to have a routine, I've been mostly busy here but I've been back to the shop too, starting a new project--"

No, the grind's become a whine and he turns to face Bagoas, left hand going to right wrist to fuss with the bracelet. He focuses on the dear, gentle face, eyes and lips and angled chin and he's so afraid of what the words will do but says them anyway.

"DG's gone." There. No going back now, only forward. "Just after we got back. The...the palace too."