[The swing didn't miss! It was just more of a...glancing blow, thanks to defenses that were much too...defensive. Ryder hesitantly lets the wall lower a little at his explanation, even though it makes her blush even deeper.]
O-oh. Um.
[That's a good...thing. Good thing to say and good reason to say it, she thinks. With a slow exhale, she combs her hair down over her eye a few times before glancing up.]
Yeah. I dunno. I -- guess. Like, u-um, punk lite. [But she doesn't think she'd pass the test, so there's no reason to get his hopes up. What's the criteria for being punk, anyway? Should she ask? No -- that will just make her look stupid. ...Stupider.] S-sss... Neither of us. F-fit here...then?
[Oops. But it is kind of a relief. Teo had seemed like the food would be good regardless of that, too, so maybe it would be okay despite that, and the possibility makes more of the tension in Ryder's shoulder leave.]
I w -- w-was worried. Um. It was hhhhard to f-f-find. A t -- a top that w-would cover m-my tattoos, but not -- n-not, um, make me fffeel -- feel weird.
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O-oh. Um.
[That's a good...thing. Good thing to say and good reason to say it, she thinks. With a slow exhale, she combs her hair down over her eye a few times before glancing up.]
Yeah. I dunno. I -- guess. Like, u-um, punk lite. [But she doesn't think she'd pass the test, so there's no reason to get his hopes up. What's the criteria for being punk, anyway? Should she ask? No -- that will just make her look stupid. ...Stupider.] S-sss... Neither of us. F-fit here...then?
[Oops. But it is kind of a relief. Teo had seemed like the food would be good regardless of that, too, so maybe it would be okay despite that, and the possibility makes more of the tension in Ryder's shoulder leave.]
I w -- w-was worried. Um. It was hhhhard to f-f-find. A t -- a top that w-would cover m-my tattoos, but not -- n-not, um, make me fffeel -- feel weird.