For a moment there's laughing and teasing and then her face falls, and Nate starts to piece together what she's actually here to talk about. The thing with Curtis is cute and maybe they aren't dating yet, as she says, but he has good reason to believe there's only one thing stopping it. It's not a situation he's ever been in himself; hell, Darrow being what it is, he doesn't think many people at all would have been, but he does have his opinions.

"You're not doing anything wrong," he says for starters, because he knows that much for sure. If Nate's learned anything over the years it's that you have to look out for your own back first. He's sure Daryl is a great guy and he knows Beth loves him but he also knows that he's not what she needs, not anymore. Maybe it's presumptuous and not his place but he thinks she's got her head screwed on better than most with what she's saying.

"It's not wrong and you don't owe him anything. I don't mean that in a bad way," he amends, shaking his head. "I just mean you gotta look out for you. And if making gooey eyes at Curtis is what makes you happy, then that's what you do." It's a serious talk but he can't help fluttering his eyelashes at her stupidly in imitation. No one ever said Nate was good at serious talks.

"Anyway, feel free to completely ignore me, I would." He takes a sip of his coffee and shrugs. "I think you're gonna work it out yourself just fine."