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[vaccination]

Relentlessly picking on me today.

[shittybirthday]

You relentlessly pick on me every day.

[Said casually. He's used to it. It doesn't really bother him most of the time.]

[vaccination]

Only 'cause I care. You'd be sad if I didn't.

[shittybirthday]

[He just gives her a look as much to say, yeah right, kid, but the thing is, he knows that when Ellie isn't being her usual precocious self, giving him a playfully hard time, telling stupid jokes, telling him stupid puns, he knows something is up. Something is wrong when Ellie goes silent.

He flexes his right hand and glances down subtly at it. The knuckles are bruised and red from the guy he'd punched earlier in the day. Nothing new or unusual to Joel. Just slightly irritating the way it aches a little.]

[vaccination]

Whoa. What'd you do? [Ellie catches that. It's been forever since she's seen new cuts or bruises on Joel.]

[shittybirthday]

What? [ Realising she means his hand, he glances down at it, then gives a dismissive one-shouldered shrug. ] Oh. It's nothin'. Just had a bit of a run-in with someone, is all.

[vaccination]

What kind of run-in? [Is that someone still alive? Ellie caught on quick that murder is sort of a big deal, here. They can't go on like they did at home.]

[shittybirthday]

Ah. It was nothin'. Just some idiot on the street, approached me from behind. [ He kinda feels like a damn fool in hindsight. ] Thought for a second that he was a... Clicker or somethin'.

[vaccination]

[Ellie smiles to herself, petting Lucy in her lap. It's not foolish. She hated walking around at first, but most people ignored her if she looked busy while she went about her day.]

He had it coming.

[shittybirthday]

Well, yeah. He did. Wasn't long after that a woman tapped me on the shoulder from behind, too. Lucky for her, she ducked.

[ Because he took an instinctive swing at her, too. ]

[vaccination]

Jesus. We need to get you some rear view mirrors.

[shittybirthday]

[ He snorts at that. ]

Real funny.

[vaccination]

I'm the funniest. [She gives him a fond smile. No issue with Joel decking people here.]