No, David didn't imagine there would be many at all with plans of help.

"Thank you." Manners manners manners, after all. Heading the a direction that was not public view helped to settle him a little. Small talk was now in order.

"Who stepped up?" Who took his place? It wasn't carefully worded or circled around. He'd been gone six months, and there was no way to cover the damage to his intelligence at the moment.