[ He tries for a little smile, bending over a little to catch her eye. ] Hey, it's cool. I'm not being forced.
As long as you won't be offended if I check my phone a lot. [ It's true there probably are people who want to get ahold of him, so it wouldn't be bad to try and keep lines of communication open. And yet...
Well, now that he's here, he really doesn't want to leave. He'd rather be here and know she's okay - to say nothing of how he feels about being here and being "safe" insomuch as they can really know whether or not they're safe at all given the victims they already know about. Speaking of which, he probably does need to acknowledge at some point that Japan's name was on that list.
Not yet.
Not now. He needs to think about something else a little while longer and if that means cracking pathetic jokes about his phone, well. So be it. ]
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As long as you won't be offended if I check my phone a lot. [ It's true there probably are people who want to get ahold of him, so it wouldn't be bad to try and keep lines of communication open. And yet...
Well, now that he's here, he really doesn't want to leave. He'd rather be here and know she's okay - to say nothing of how he feels about being here and being "safe" insomuch as they can really know whether or not they're safe at all given the victims they already know about. Speaking of which, he probably does need to acknowledge at some point that Japan's name was on that list.
Not yet.
Not now. He needs to think about something else a little while longer and if that means cracking pathetic jokes about his phone, well. So be it. ]