This was probably a thing he was going to have to face sooner or later, wasn't it? Still, when he'd come in to check on the duty board, mostly to see if his normal early morning slot is open. He can't just throw all of himself at this anymore, after all, he's got the dojo to consider. It's led to him shifting his attention to later in the night, or early morning rounds, and frankly it's worked for him, including in avoiding something.

Someone.

Someone who is signed up for this morning with an open slot with them and really, what's the point in avoiding them? Should he keep doing it because he doesn't know how to deal with some of what he learned the last time they spoke? Probably not, but he's so good at avoiding things. Still... Grumbling to himself Nida jots his name down in chalk next to Bull's and heads out, twirling one of his newly finished tanbo between his fingers, the other tucked into his belt in such a way that it didn't knock against the bo staff at his back.

Find Bull, do patrol, pretend that his brain isn't nagging him about the idea that there was more going on there than he'd ever realized. Fuck, maybe he should just go use his new intangibility to break into Malik and Altair's place again and poke around to see if Malik really is sharing a bed with Altair.

But look, he does show up, see? There he is, approaching Bull, his free hand raised in a brief greeting even though he doesn't look completely up to meet the big guy's eyes.