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[runningstart]

I wouldn't say 'scary' so much as 'profoundly unfriendly,' but that's just me. [Here, you can have your puppy back. He is so generous.]

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He's got his reasons. [Ellie takes the puppy back and holds her much like Wally was.] He's still settling in here.

[runningstart]

So like the arm around the shoulders thing is a no-go? Because he looked ready to shoot me. [can he come inside or]

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[Oh, right. She steps aside. Come in since it's safe.]

Uhhhh... yeah, no. That's like one step away from knocking me up in his books or something.

[runningstart]

Wow. So like is he old-fashioned, orrrr...? [Because like no? Ellie is cool and all but wow no that just kind of...........makes him uncomfortable.........]

[vaccination]

[It's weird explaining Joel to people because she's never had to--it's always been just her and Joel, and if there had been explaining to do, he'd do it. Except with Sam, but--]

Just... protective. I guess.

[runningstart]

'Cause of the zombie apocalypse thing? [C'mon, into the kitchen. Don't mind Wally, he's just gonna rummage through your cabinets and look for something to feed you with. Have you eaten yet? Eating makes everything better.]

oh my god i never tagged this forgive me

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[She doesn't mind. After what happened, Wally can do what he wants.]

Yeah. Like, he was there at the start of it, twenty years ago. So...

[Ellie won't say anything about Sarah, even though she knows people would get Joel so much more if they knew he lost his daughter.]

its okay i was just looking at it with a sad love ballad about loss playing in the background

[runningstart]

So everything was good until it was awful and he didn't take it well. [That's cool and all as far as explanations go but like he basically looked at Wally like he was some kind of molester and also carried around a shotgun so. There's that.

Oooh, they have tortillas and cheese. CHEESE QUESADILLAS IT IS.] Do you like peppers? Actually, do you have peppers?

near far wherever you are i believe that the thread will go onnnnn

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The world's been hard on him. Not a lot of people make it as long as he has. [Once you lose so much, there's no going back. Ellie sighs.]

Peppers? Like the red and green ones? I'm not too big a fan.

and iiiiieeeiiii will always thread with youuuuuaaahhhh

[runningstart]

[Wally gives her a pitying look and gets the peppers out anyway. She will like them in a cheese quesadilla. And if she doesn't, well, he'll just eat it and make her one without it. Frying pan, turning on the burner, cheese grater, get to work.]

You're not like that, though. From what I've picked up your world is kind of indiscriminately mean to everybody.

applauds

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[Ellie makes a face, but it's not that harsh because hey, someone cooking for her? Hell yeah.]

It's worse when you go from life like this [she motions around them] to my world. I was born into it, so it's not like I have much to miss. Him, though... his whole world got fucked up over night. His life. It's not easy surviving where we're from.

[You have to do terrible things to stay alive.]

[runningstart]

Yeah, yeah. [Not very charitable there, Wally. He cuts open and guts the peppers before dicing them, assembles a quesadilla in the pan and goes hunting for a spatula.] I just don't like the way he looked at me. I mean, did you see him? Like I was just waiting for him to turn his back so I could throw you down and have my filthy way with you. I mean, Jesus, you're like fourteen, right? That's messed up.

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Okaaaay, you're like fourteen, too. Not that it has anything to do with anything.

[Ellie shrugs.]

Maybe he's just extra paranoid because that's what he would have done when he was younger. You know, back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth.

[Poking fun at Joel is okay when it's about his age.]

[runningstart]

[JABS SPATULA AT HER.] I'm sixteen, thanks. And whatever it is doesn't matter. I should just probably never ever come here when he's here ever again. [He flips the quesadilla and it kind of falls apart so he attempts to salvage it.] Crap.

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[Ellie rolls her eyes.]

He's gone most of the week. [Hence him getting her a dog.]

And what the hell are you trying to do?

[runningstart]

I'm trying to make you dinner, you ungrateful punk. [Wally swats at her with the spatula and who cares if he misses because he flicks cheese gobs and pepper bits everywhere.] Siddown. Go siddown.

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Don't make me clean up a giant mess! [Joel isn't super clean himself, but he'll notice if the kitchen is covered in cheese.]

[runningstart]

Relax I'll take care of it. [If he remembers. He flips the quesadilla again and slides it onto a plate.] Here. Behold. I'm actually giving you food first, so mark this momentous occasion.

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You're being awfully nice for a guy that narrowly escaped death.

[runningstart]

[He jabs the spatula at her plate. Eat.] I'm always nice when I narrowly escape death. It's my coping mechanism.

[vaccination]

[She has some manners!! She'll wait for him.]

Excuses, excuses...

[runningstart]

[SHE'LL BE WAITING A WHILE. He's already putting together a huge spread for what's obviously going to be like five quesadillas.

But since she obviously seems bothered by it,] I'm not worried. Okay? [He assembles a quesadilla in the pan and yanks his hands back when it hisses, spilled cheese bubbling up.] I'm not scared off. That's what you're really asking, right?

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[She sighs. Okay, okay.]

I swear he's not that bad.

[runningstart]

[Just. This look.]