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What've you got for weapons?

[Hi Ellie how are you today]

[Give her a moment to figure this thing out. There's some awkward silence before she thinks she's got it.]

Uhh... just my knife.

Hm. Well, you wanna come along to Haven North, you should be able to find some other stuff. You in?

[This is probably the most Ellie's sounded like herself in days.]

Am I in? Are you kidding? Fuck yeah, I'm in.

Good. [It's a huge relief to hear her sounding so normal, and maybe some of that creeps into his voice, too.]

The tunnels can be rough, but we've seen worse.

[There's another awkward pause and Ellie is glad he can't see her face, only hear her voice.]

What about Sarah? And... Tess. [And Riley, though she's most hesitant to mention her.]

I'm sure Tess'll come along too. Sarah - she's gotta stay here. [It's too dangerous. He doesn't trust himself to get her there safely and back.]

Okay. Just wondering. [She wonders if Sarah has anyone to watch her, and how Joel feels about Tess being alive and everything. Ellie's not sure how to ask, so she doesn't. He seems to be doing alright.]

[He hears the question in her voice, at least about Sarah - anyone would wonder, probably.]

She's got folks to look after her. Friends. [He wouldn't leave her behind for any length of time if he didn't trust that. If he didn't trust that staying behind would ultimately be safer for her than going with him.

Maybe he trusts others with her more than himself, in some ways.]

That's good.

[Yet another pause.]

Does she know how to use a weapon? I know that Raleigh guy is teaching her to fight, but what about guns and stuff?

Ah. Not really, no. She never learned how and I've only got the one, here. And not nearly enough ammo for target practice.

[It's kind of a flimsy excuse, and he knows it.]

I haven't used it at all since I got here.

You should find her a knife or something.

[At least. Even if she's not entirely confident in using it, Sarah shouldn't ever be in a position where she can't at least fight back. Knowing how to bite and scrap is good and all, but men can be big and far too strong for tiny fists to harm.]

Yeah. I'll see what I can find when we get up there.

There aren't any real weapons to be found around here, aside from what we came with.

[He's a little reluctant, but as usual, Ellie is right on the money. Much as he wants to shelter Sarah from the bad stuff, doing that will only lead to tragedy - again.]

Yeah. I'm missing a ton of my stuff.

Fucking sucks.

You're tellin' me. All I got was my revolver and my gas mask - which is goddamn pointless here, despite that picture on the billboard.

I miss that flamethrower.

I didn't fare much better. [Like hell she's volunteering what she got, though. She's not sure how to bring up that picture of Joel and Sarah without making things more awkward than they already are.]

Maybe we should get you a knife, too. Joel-sized.

There's other things we can use. Lots of old wood and piece of pipe - scavenging for that stuff is easy, anyway.

And I've been makin' shivs.

Right. Well... at least you'll be able to carry more, now.

[Grumble.]

I still miss my stuff. I gotta work out if there's somethin' to make nail bombs with.

Maybe we'll find better stuff.

Yeah. Newt and Hermann might be able to help. Newt's the one that's got all that scrap on the table in my building.

Can I do anything?

Just the usual, I guess. Pick up anything you find that might be useful.

Will do.

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