[He's not taciturn, or trying to shut her out: it's honest. He doesn't know what he wants, he doesn't know what he needs right now. He thought he needed to be alone, but maybe he needs to be around people. People who will remind him that the important thing at the end of the day is seeing the end of the day.
Allison will, here. But that thought makes him want to throw up, so he shuts it out and pushes it away.]
Do you want to work on anything? [He holds out his stick to her.] I could show you...I don't know. Anything, I guess. [He tries a smile, and it's small, but mostly successful.]
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[He's not taciturn, or trying to shut her out: it's honest. He doesn't know what he wants, he doesn't know what he needs right now. He thought he needed to be alone, but maybe he needs to be around people. People who will remind him that the important thing at the end of the day is seeing the end of the day.
Allison will, here. But that thought makes him want to throw up, so he shuts it out and pushes it away.]
Do you want to work on anything? [He holds out his stick to her.] I could show you...I don't know. Anything, I guess. [He tries a smile, and it's small, but mostly successful.]