[Maybe he's off limits. Tess clearly likes him, and more importantly, seems to respect him to some degree. It's why Ellie asked him to get her journal back.]
[There's something pretty major she's keeping for Tess--thank god she's smart enough not to write that down in her journal. It'd fuck her up. Fuck Ellie up too, talking about it. Trying to explain.]
[She shrugs a shoulder. It was the happiest she could ever recall being, even on the road, even facing danger every day. Her life would have meant something.
Even if that meant a much shorter life.]
Tess isn't the only one upset things didn't work out.
Maybe. Tess isn't making it any fucking easier, that's for sure.
[Unfortunately, life here would be a lot easier if she wasn't around. Whatever insider info and experience she brings? Ellie feels like the stress and guilt aren't worth the exchange.
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Yeah? She take yours yet?
[Maybe he's off limits. Tess clearly likes him, and more importantly, seems to respect him to some degree. It's why Ellie asked him to get her journal back.]
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[Joel would never if he bothered to keep such a thing. And never would Ellie, so Tess fucking stole it.]
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I bet it did. I didn't want folk back home lookin', either, but she's different, ain't she?
[He takes a drink and shakes his head.] Gotta be honest with her. If I want her to be honest with me, I got to.
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[There's something pretty major she's keeping for Tess--thank god she's smart enough not to write that down in her journal. It'd fuck her up. Fuck Ellie up too, talking about it. Trying to explain.]
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Maybe I just understand parts of her that need understandin'.
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[Maybe this cowboy guy isn't Joel 2.0. He'd never say anything like that.]
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Now don't tell me that's a compliment.
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Maybe I'm just getting worried about coming off as more of a fucking asshole than Tess.
[She's just constantly stressed and teetering on the edge of a meltdown. It expresses itself in different ways.]
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You did earlier on. You let her get to you like that, you'd best hope for a nice inmate.
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[She's not sure if it'd be more or less complicated in the fallout of telling the truth, but she's nooooot fucking going there.]
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[TESS.]
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[She has to have SOME hope people can change if she's going to get her deal.]
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Oh, sure. Coming from your world, I bet you was raised an optimist.
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[Since he knows that much anyway.]
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Yeah? Did it give you hope? [It could have gone both ways. Seeing everyone around her get bitten and infected, being the only person not dying of it.]
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[She shrugs a shoulder. It was the happiest she could ever recall being, even on the road, even facing danger every day. Her life would have meant something.
Even if that meant a much shorter life.]
Tess isn't the only one upset things didn't work out.
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[He trails off. Are there words big enough for that feeling?]
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[She knows. Tommy. Abby.]
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You been through a lot, kid.
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[Unfortunately, life here would be a lot easier if she wasn't around. Whatever insider info and experience she brings? Ellie feels like the stress and guilt aren't worth the exchange.
And just thinking that makes her feel like shit.]
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