[Struck. By her face, somewhat, the way that sharp-ish, self-critical humor gives way to something sudden, something unexpected. It's not something he could save on film, that emotion in subtle movement.
But neither are her words. So simple, and yet. And yet.]
Pretty sure that's the nicest thing a girl's ever said to me. I mean... the most thoughtful. ...I guess most girls never really got to know me like this.
[Did Cindy ever even know his name, after all that work they did for her, all that time they spent at Hammerhead? And here he is in this strange, colorless little town, his fingers woven through hers, and it isn't even the first time.
Like the guys, she knows--she even said she knows--what he is, at his core. She knows and she... values it. Tells him without telling him she understands what he needs. They're words, and they're action more than words.
He wasn't afraid she would, so it's not reassurance. It's a nice thing she didn't need to say to make him comfortable, like an extra. A gift.]
I was mostly too scared to talk to them for real, too.
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[Struck. By her face, somewhat, the way that sharp-ish, self-critical humor gives way to something sudden, something unexpected. It's not something he could save on film, that emotion in subtle movement.
But neither are her words. So simple, and yet. And yet.]
Pretty sure that's the nicest thing a girl's ever said to me. I mean... the most thoughtful. ...I guess most girls never really got to know me like this.
[Did Cindy ever even know his name, after all that work they did for her, all that time they spent at Hammerhead? And here he is in this strange, colorless little town, his fingers woven through hers, and it isn't even the first time.
Like the guys, she knows--she even said she knows--what he is, at his core. She knows and she... values it. Tells him without telling him she understands what he needs. They're words, and they're action more than words.
He wasn't afraid she would, so it's not reassurance. It's a nice thing she didn't need to say to make him comfortable, like an extra. A gift.]
I was mostly too scared to talk to them for real, too.
[But he's always talked to Flora for real.]