“Hey, you don’t have to just pull my arm around. I can put it on the table myself.”

He tries to move his finger again and is met with more success this time. It’s still a bit rigid, but the pain has all but vanished. The feeling of movement has started to return to his hand and he stretches all of his fingers outwards. A few moments of quiet pass before he speaks again.

“Would you still let me come back here again?”