Still better company than [ the quip she had in mind was these sorry bums, but they're not really that. She sees enough how hard these people work even if it's tinged with resignation -- have to in order to eat as opposed to want to because it means something, because while their foreman spouts a whole lot of bull about them contributing to a worldwide effort to keep the kaiju at bay, she knows it's all propaganda; so she settles for taking the seat and just repeats: ] Still better company.
[ It's not often that Naomi finds herself at a loss for words, but tonight is apparently one of them, so she gestures to the barkeep and asks for a beer and while she holds out for about a minute of silence, she eventually caves: ] How are you?
[ She's genuinely curious. She'd heard about his brother, had spent a full thirty minutes crying on her bathroom floor and the rest of the day in a haze at school. She'd never told anyone about her tryst with Yancy, had kept it to herself like a dirty little secret after word had gotten around that the boys had all but been thrown out of the diner where she'd first met them.
The question feels... stupid though, about two seconds in. Because they're not friends, they're not really anything to each other and she finds herself grateful for the beer set in front of her. ] Sorry. You... don't have to answer that.
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[ It's not often that Naomi finds herself at a loss for words, but tonight is apparently one of them, so she gestures to the barkeep and asks for a beer and while she holds out for about a minute of silence, she eventually caves: ] How are you?
[ She's genuinely curious. She'd heard about his brother, had spent a full thirty minutes crying on her bathroom floor and the rest of the day in a haze at school. She'd never told anyone about her tryst with Yancy, had kept it to herself like a dirty little secret after word had gotten around that the boys had all but been thrown out of the diner where she'd first met them.
The question feels... stupid though, about two seconds in. Because they're not friends, they're not really anything to each other and she finds herself grateful for the beer set in front of her. ] Sorry. You... don't have to answer that.