[ the question makes him look back down at his scotch, hunching in on himself a little. how is he? well, he's depressed. he's working a dead end job that he hates because it's the only way he can convince himself he's still helping ( even if he really doesn't think the wall is going to work ever ) while also getting to eat. he still wakes up screaming sometimes. you know, when he sleeps at all. and he's in a constant state of missing his brother. while he's not the only one to have lost family and he figures his loss isn't any greater than those other people who have had people they loved die because of the kaiju, there's something about grieving a co-pilot that's a little different. ]
Don't know that I could, even if I wanted to, [ he ends up saying. it's a bit of a cop-out answer, but it's the only one he's got that's not short or annoyed. because really. she's seen him. how does she think he's doing?
raleigh knocks back the rest of his scotch. that's probably an unfair thought. it's not like naomi really knew him way back when. they met once in a diner and flirted for all of five minutes and haven't seen each other in the flesh since. for all she knows, this is his natural state. ( except for the obvious way it isn't. )
and he really needs something else to think about. enough of his thoughts during the day are dedicated to yancy and raleigh's own current state of life. he doesn't need that when he's got potential conversation sitting right next to him too. ] You gonna be slumming it with the rest of us for much longer?
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Don't know that I could, even if I wanted to, [ he ends up saying. it's a bit of a cop-out answer, but it's the only one he's got that's not short or annoyed. because really. she's seen him. how does she think he's doing?
raleigh knocks back the rest of his scotch. that's probably an unfair thought. it's not like naomi really knew him way back when. they met once in a diner and flirted for all of five minutes and haven't seen each other in the flesh since. for all she knows, this is his natural state. ( except for the obvious way it isn't. )
and he really needs something else to think about. enough of his thoughts during the day are dedicated to yancy and raleigh's own current state of life. he doesn't need that when he's got potential conversation sitting right next to him too. ] You gonna be slumming it with the rest of us for much longer?