[ She says that, but his answer doesn't inspire a ton of confidence, mainly because Piper is so unaccustomed to seeing him like this. The entire time she'd known him, even when he was worrying about something he'd always felt... open, gentle in a way. Looking at him now, even having heard what she'd heard, even having seen the remnants with her own eyes it was hard to believe that this was the same young man she'd met on the road all those weeks ago. His response stung for some reason. Short, and to the point.
Given what he'd been through it made sense, she supposed, and that was what she told herself to try to quell the uneasy churning in her gut, so that she DIDN'T think too much on what it REALLY felt like.
Like... like he was keeping her at arms length. ]
Come on... We should make camp. She needs to rest, and I think so do we.
[ She took the horse's reins with that, turning to lead him further into the woods. An ideal spot would be further off from the road and the black rocks, just in case Corona DID send out a search party- and they probably would. ]
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[ She says that, but his answer doesn't inspire a ton of confidence, mainly because Piper is so unaccustomed to seeing him like this. The entire time she'd known him, even when he was worrying about something he'd always felt... open, gentle in a way. Looking at him now, even having heard what she'd heard, even having seen the remnants with her own eyes it was hard to believe that this was the same young man she'd met on the road all those weeks ago. His response stung for some reason. Short, and to the point.
Given what he'd been through it made sense, she supposed, and that was what she told herself to try to quell the uneasy churning in her gut, so that she DIDN'T think too much on what it REALLY felt like.
Like... like he was keeping her at arms length. ]
Come on... We should make camp. She needs to rest, and I think so do we.
[ She took the horse's reins with that, turning to lead him further into the woods. An ideal spot would be further off from the road and the black rocks, just in case Corona DID send out a search party- and they probably would. ]