[If there's a flex there in her expression as she draws her hand away, it's suspiciously as if it might just there to humor him. Ha ha, yup. Funny joke. Good work.]
You shouldn't sleep in a chair. [Sure, that's why she'd woken him—the practiced impulse to mother hen. Only, obviously not. Maureen only drifts a few paces toward the TV, as if she means to switch it off by its heavy dial, before her focus twists back on him and she pauses there. Not quite hesitation, just teetering in the direction of it.]
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You shouldn't sleep in a chair. [Sure, that's why she'd woken him—the practiced impulse to mother hen. Only, obviously not. Maureen only drifts a few paces toward the TV, as if she means to switch it off by its heavy dial, before her focus twists back on him and she pauses there. Not quite hesitation, just teetering in the direction of it.]
We need to talk about the radio.