"Hey, this is Fred. Look like you missed me! Leave a message, please, and I'll give you a call when I'm done researching or fixin' stuff. I mean, I could be busy other ways, but that's probably what I'm gonna be doing, let's be honest. I guess I could be eating? But I'd probably pick up the phone then, and--
...um, yeah. Leave a message!"
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I'd offered to help him out with it, is all, so I wanted to offer to help you, too.
[Even if he's kind of pissed Thrawn's been taken off the project, so to speak. That isn't her fault.]