Eric smiled back at Dan, who was looking at the clock as though he were a parent shocked their child had broken curfew. “Well, work is work y’know. You don’t stop doing it because you want to, you stop when you’ve done all you can and all you need to.”
Dan shook his head, “There’s working hard and there’s being obsessive, and you my friend are treading the line.”
“Well I’m home now, and I’m too starved to have this discussion with you again, so lets talk later.”
Dan looked at Eric sternly for a moment, then broke into a smile and wrapped his big arm around Eric’s neck. “Just messing with you bro, I know you have to work, just try to have some fun too!”