Thank god she didn't argue - any explanation of what was going on was best taken with full faculties and showing up at all crippled the most useful part of their faculties, knowing what was real.
He helped her in, closed the door and watched her carefully. If anyone looked in on them, it might seem like they were sizing each other up, but they'd worked together long enough to sus out each other's shit.. Rachel was better at it than he was.
"What?" Then it hit him and he reached up to touch his scars before rubbing at the whole of his face as he took a deep breath. "I'm fine now, that's all that matters. Tellin' you what happened is.. A long story. One that can wait, for now."
He glanced around the house they'd holed up in. It was whole, thank god, but the decay was clearly eating away at the place. Safe enough to be used for now but inside a year, less so.
"C'mon, let's see what we can find in the kitchen, get you a place to pace or sit down," he said, gesturing for Rachel to follow him as he and his rubberneck eventually found the kitchen in question. No, he didn't know where it was off hand.
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He helped her in, closed the door and watched her carefully. If anyone looked in on them, it might seem like they were sizing each other up, but they'd worked together long enough to sus out each other's shit.. Rachel was better at it than he was.
"What?" Then it hit him and he reached up to touch his scars before rubbing at the whole of his face as he took a deep breath. "I'm fine now, that's all that matters. Tellin' you what happened is.. A long story. One that can wait, for now."
He glanced around the house they'd holed up in. It was whole, thank god, but the decay was clearly eating away at the place. Safe enough to be used for now but inside a year, less so.
"C'mon, let's see what we can find in the kitchen, get you a place to pace or sit down," he said, gesturing for Rachel to follow him as he and his rubberneck eventually found the kitchen in question. No, he didn't know where it was off hand.