[ Cagey though she is, she sounds genuinely a little surprised. Not excited or hopeful by that little nugget of information necessarily, but definitely surprised. Goes to show how much she's been keeping to herself. ]
I dunno. [ A small, dismissive one-shouldered shrug as she scoops up some goop. ] I prefer being on my own, I guess.
[ She's not even going to go into why. She leans over her plate slightly, shoves the fork of goop into her mouth instead. Kind of chews it, swallows it. She casts another wary glance over at the dude. ]
Anyway. Why did you decide to sit next to a kid? This part is-- [ She waves her fork in gesture of the mess hall. ] Totally overrun with boring, old adults your age. You coulda gone and sat next to any of 'em. I mean, how old are you? Like, sixty?
[ Ellie knows this guy is hardly sixty. He doesn't look anywhere near as old as Joel - which, by the way, she doesn't actually know how old Joel is, just knows he's pretty fucking old compared to a lot of people in their world - but she's just being a bit of a brat. ]
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[ Cagey though she is, she sounds genuinely a little surprised. Not excited or hopeful by that little nugget of information necessarily, but definitely surprised. Goes to show how much she's been keeping to herself. ]
I dunno. [ A small, dismissive one-shouldered shrug as she scoops up some goop. ] I prefer being on my own, I guess.
[ She's not even going to go into why. She leans over her plate slightly, shoves the fork of goop into her mouth instead. Kind of chews it, swallows it. She casts another wary glance over at the dude. ]
Anyway. Why did you decide to sit next to a kid? This part is-- [ She waves her fork in gesture of the mess hall. ] Totally overrun with boring, old adults your age. You coulda gone and sat next to any of 'em. I mean, how old are you? Like, sixty?
[ Ellie knows this guy is hardly sixty. He doesn't look anywhere near as old as Joel - which, by the way, she doesn't actually know how old Joel is, just knows he's pretty fucking old compared to a lot of people in their world - but she's just being a bit of a brat. ]