[ Abigail returns his smile, her own soft and shy and so, so grateful to him just for allowing her to be here, and takes his hand, still finding surreal to be in the company of other people after so long. ]
It was hard. [ That was an understatement. But even so, it had never felt impossible, and that probably was far more down to him than it was to her own efforts. ] But it was definitely worth it.
Thanks, but I'm not tw-- [ Not twenty-one yet, she's about to say, then realises how absurd it is to default to the arbitrary rules of a dead society. ] Actually, sure. That'd be nice, thank you.
[ He catches that little slip-up, and chuckles. ] Don't worry. Drinking age is flexible here.
[ In that, he doesn't care who drinks as long as they don't piss him off. He starts mixing up a couple margaritas (and adds a little extra tequila to his own glass, and a little less in hers because he figures she's pretty new to all this alcohol business).
His gaze flicks downward to the scar on her neck for a moment before he pushes her glass towards her. ] You were a survivor before all of this, weren't you? I like that. A lot of us here were.
[ He likes to think his people are tough and resilient as opposed to the soft-hearted people of Boulder. ]
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It was hard. [ That was an understatement. But even so, it had never felt impossible, and that probably was far more down to him than it was to her own efforts. ] But it was definitely worth it.
Thanks, but I'm not tw-- [ Not twenty-one yet, she's about to say, then realises how absurd it is to default to the arbitrary rules of a dead society. ] Actually, sure. That'd be nice, thank you.
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[ In that, he doesn't care who drinks as long as they don't piss him off. He starts mixing up a couple margaritas (and adds a little extra tequila to his own glass, and a little less in hers because he figures she's pretty new to all this alcohol business).
His gaze flicks downward to the scar on her neck for a moment before he pushes her glass towards her. ] You were a survivor before all of this, weren't you? I like that. A lot of us here were.
[ He likes to think his people are tough and resilient as opposed to the soft-hearted people of Boulder. ]