[Cain squirms, as if to tell Elle told you so. She knows it makes sense, to ask that question. She'd ask, too, probably.
Which is why you should've known better, Cain complains at her. You're going to tell him, aren't you? That we ran away because we got scared.
Look at what we're going to be asking him, though. It's only fair.
Elle smooths her fingers across Cain's back.] It's... kind of a long story. [An attempt at a smile flickers across her face. Her eyes are off Joshua, now, and instead lost in the campfire.] But... I... I kind of needed... time. Time to think. I kind of... I kind of found myself -- in over my head. There's... a lot riding on my shoulders, and I don't... really know... what I'm doing. So when I heard there was a caravan, looking for someone with a Pip-Boy...
[Fair's fair, huh? Cain wriggles his nose. The little bit of guilt Elle was already feeling blossoms fully and she looks down at him. But she doesn't really want to admit... the role she plays in the Mojave. It's still hard for her to even wrap her head around.
Told you this was a bad idea.]
Um... I'm sorry. [Elle laughs a little.] It's... I'm still trying to adjust to everything. So I'm not really sure... how to talk about it. ... where to start. [But this way is fair. It does prove that she... Well. She hopes that it proves... She doesn't know. She just doesn't want to make him talk about things that are hard for him when she's not willing to return the favor.]
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Which is why you should've known better, Cain complains at her. You're going to tell him, aren't you? That we ran away because we got scared.
Look at what we're going to be asking him, though. It's only fair.
Elle smooths her fingers across Cain's back.] It's... kind of a long story. [An attempt at a smile flickers across her face. Her eyes are off Joshua, now, and instead lost in the campfire.] But... I... I kind of needed... time. Time to think. I kind of... I kind of found myself -- in over my head. There's... a lot riding on my shoulders, and I don't... really know... what I'm doing. So when I heard there was a caravan, looking for someone with a Pip-Boy...
[Fair's fair, huh? Cain wriggles his nose. The little bit of guilt Elle was already feeling blossoms fully and she looks down at him. But she doesn't really want to admit... the role she plays in the Mojave. It's still hard for her to even wrap her head around.
Told you this was a bad idea.]
Um... I'm sorry. [Elle laughs a little.] It's... I'm still trying to adjust to everything. So I'm not really sure... how to talk about it. ... where to start. [But this way is fair. It does prove that she... Well. She hopes that it proves... She doesn't know. She just doesn't want to make him talk about things that are hard for him when she's not willing to return the favor.]