It was unnerving, Dave being so quiet. And it was hard to know what to say, when there wasn't anything he could really say that was both positive and truthful.
'I'd be a screaming wreck still if I didn't have Mother here' was the truth, but it wasn't the right thing to say when Dave was also struggling without someone he cared for.
"I'm sad about Karina," he said. They both had to be. They could agree on that one. "I'm worried about you."
He didn't have nightmares about plains of acid or crawling through miles of pungent, humid tunnels in the dark all the time.
"I don't know about okay," he admitted. "But I could be worse."
I'm glad you're still here, he thought, but didn't say. Dave might be wishing to be back on his real meteor at that point, when his friend had obviously meant so much to him.
"I'm sorry I didn't get to meet your friend, too," he added.
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It was unnerving, Dave being so quiet. And it was hard to know what to say, when there wasn't anything he could really say that was both positive and truthful.
'I'd be a screaming wreck still if I didn't have Mother here' was the truth, but it wasn't the right thing to say when Dave was also struggling without someone he cared for.
"I'm sad about Karina," he said. They both had to be. They could agree on that one. "I'm worried about you."
He didn't have nightmares about plains of acid or crawling through miles of pungent, humid tunnels in the dark all the time.
"I don't know about okay," he admitted. "But I could be worse."
I'm glad you're still here, he thought, but didn't say. Dave might be wishing to be back on his real meteor at that point, when his friend had obviously meant so much to him.
"I'm sorry I didn't get to meet your friend, too," he added.