@Leo
Yeah, okay, alright, I’m ready. I can do this. Joseph knows jack shit about science. Okay, okay. He looks back in his “memory” again - Terry’s memories - and gathers a vague gist of what he’s supposed to be talking about. A few sentences per slide should be good enough as long as he doesn’t try to go too far into the science of the research. Joseph shoots Leo a thumbs up and walks to go chat with the backstage people before his “big moment”. The thing is, he has to find the confidence in him to actually act like Terry because, well, Terry isn’t shy of speeches. And Joseph isn’t either, but he doesn’t exactly want to do them.
About five to ten minutes and a hopefully satisfied audience applause later (all time feels the same standing in front of a crowd), Joseph gets off of the stage and finds Leo again. He’s finished his drink by now and just carrying around an empty can for the purpose of looking busy. Because busy means nobody approaches him. Joseph taps Leo on the shoulder, Hey, so, how’d I do?
Leo is chewing on his thumb nail. Not much of a good habit but sitting backstage means that he can get away with doing all sort of unseemly things. This is why he likes handling the backstaged things rather than be in the fore front of things. Leo lets out a huge sigh of relief and gave Terry’s shoulders a few hearty pats.
“Ran shorter than our estimated time span but just by a few minutes. Not much to sweat over. You nailed it,” he brings himself to chuckle a little now that the first hurdle of the day is over. “How’d it feel up there?”
