"It does sound like a movie, doesn't it?" James laughed a bit, awkwardly.

He let the silence fall uninterrupted, until James spoke to him again.

"I... I guessed I must've bothered you by talking about my team. I might be completely off-base here, so do correct me if I'm wrong, but... I thought maybe... you lost your partner or could never form a team. My partner went through several partners before me."