[There's so much more she wants to say. So much more she wants to do. Why don't they have time? Why does it have to be that, even if they did have time, she can't do or say all the things she feels in a rush of emotions she doesn't understand. If she's a good friend, he's a better one. All the love inside her had been given or found again by him.
Ryder doesn't answer, even though she tries, and winds up just clearing her throat before checking him again and turning to reach for the car door. Already she can feel that love being covered in a layer of dirt at the prospect of interacting with these other people again... Well. Burying it was probably the better thing to to, both for his safety and...hers. Stupid infectious death.
A scowl is already on her face as she pulls herself from the car and settles her gaze back on Maddy. The stilted manner of her words won't be anything new to Teo, but there's a clipped, annoyed roughness that he'd managed to skip past, thanks to the circumstances of their meeting.]
-- Ready. Taking you first, or heading -- back for -- other two?
[What are introductions? If only she could say it was purely a desire to take focus off him, but unfortunately she just sucks at the social game.]
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Ryder doesn't answer, even though she tries, and winds up just clearing her throat before checking him again and turning to reach for the car door. Already she can feel that love being covered in a layer of dirt at the prospect of interacting with these other people again... Well. Burying it was probably the better thing to to, both for his safety and...hers. Stupid infectious death.
A scowl is already on her face as she pulls herself from the car and settles her gaze back on Maddy. The stilted manner of her words won't be anything new to Teo, but there's a clipped, annoyed roughness that he'd managed to skip past, thanks to the circumstances of their meeting.]
-- Ready. Taking you first, or heading -- back for -- other two?
[What are introductions? If only she could say it was purely a desire to take focus off him, but unfortunately she just sucks at the social game.]