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.
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.]
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'.
[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.]
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He had it coming.
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[ Because he took an instinctive swing at her, too. ]
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Real funny.
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