Ganb8te 3 - conquering crow pose

[gan]

I went with "Hi H. The hostage situation downtown is rather alarming. Trust you are ok?"

….and got back:

"I'm ok. Thanks for checking. I leave on XX date. Would you like to get together for a drink before then?"

(First of all, phew).

Secondly, the game plan is out the window. I've generally done ok with the last few meet ups in terms of PMA etc but that approach hasn't changed the course of things much.

Thoughts on how to proceed?