She was being kind, sparing your feelings. We mock you behind your back. 'No Tastebuds Burke', we call you.
[ real, genuine playfulness-- not an act, or sark's barbed amusements-- like this hasn't been part of his life for so long neal soaks it in greedily, leaving their shoulders brushing together. ]
No, I-- all right. There was someone I met here; not... strictly romantic, or traditional, but he mattered. [ neal swallows hard, busying himself with making food and trying not to let his hands or voice shake. ] He died. And then just after that Moz left, and Keller convinced me to go on a bender together. For some reason, I decided after rock bottom I needed to go on a-- don't laugh, a walkabout. I had promised to do something you definitely wouldn't have approved of, and I needed to sort myself out.
[ he flips the first waffle onto a plate and begins the next, tearing off a hunk and shoving the rest at peter. ] No one had ever come back damaged before, so I didn't know what I was risking.
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[ real, genuine playfulness-- not an act, or sark's barbed amusements-- like this hasn't been part of his life for so long neal soaks it in greedily, leaving their shoulders brushing together. ]
No, I-- all right. There was someone I met here; not... strictly romantic, or traditional, but he mattered. [ neal swallows hard, busying himself with making food and trying not to let his hands or voice shake. ] He died. And then just after that Moz left, and Keller convinced me to go on a bender together. For some reason, I decided after rock bottom I needed to go on a-- don't laugh, a walkabout. I had promised to do something you definitely wouldn't have approved of, and I needed to sort myself out.
[ he flips the first waffle onto a plate and begins the next, tearing off a hunk and shoving the rest at peter. ] No one had ever come back damaged before, so I didn't know what I was risking.