[ Peering up at the other agent in startle, Soleum's hand snaps to his cheek, rubbing at the cool condensation clinging to his cheek. He has a hard time refuting Agent Choi when he's acting like a proper senior employee looking after his junior, giving him credit where credit is due. It always takes him by surprise when he gets like this, the way even the sharpest edges of him seem to soften, as if he truly means it, as if all his hard-won experience can't outmatch the gentleness inherent to him. But that's just part of why he's so well-connected with others in this universe, why even an unnamed ajumma is chummy with a guy like Agent Choi.

His troubled gaze shifts to their feet, head bowing down a half-step. ]

A-Ah, yes, me as well! Thank you for putting your trust in someone like myself.

[ Not that he did much besides work on forms for half the day and walk around in the sweltering heat. Without thinking to take a drink, he sets it aside in the holder and rushes to retrieve his wallet from his back pocket, slipping out a few bills. ]

This is what I have on me right now, but if you need more I can pay the remainder tomorrow.