[Joel just shuts his eyes and shakes his head. The two of them were always way too heavy for Ellie's own good, but there was a spark of horrible, unspoken truth in that exchange. Yeah, sure, she'd gotten his ass over to the Fireflies. Just so he could massacre them all to save one little girl. He's not sure Ellie understands that reality all the way yet, but he knows for a fact that Tess doesn't have a clue.
What would she do if he told her all about it? Those weren't waters he wanted to test right now. Tess had seemed hellbent on some pre-death idea of redemption that Joel had refused to buy from her. Survivors, not shitty people. He heaves another careful sigh and draws a path down the length of her forearm before letting that hand fall back to his side.
He blinks at her, tiredly. Texas. He never thought he'd hear that nickname in that same exact voice ever again. God.]
You wanna do this with pills? [Tired, exhausted words. He's bargaining with her on the best way to kill her.] That's gonna steal more time away from you than's strictly necessary, you know.
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What would she do if he told her all about it? Those weren't waters he wanted to test right now. Tess had seemed hellbent on some pre-death idea of redemption that Joel had refused to buy from her. Survivors, not shitty people. He heaves another careful sigh and draws a path down the length of her forearm before letting that hand fall back to his side.
He blinks at her, tiredly. Texas. He never thought he'd hear that nickname in that same exact voice ever again. God.]
You wanna do this with pills? [Tired, exhausted words. He's bargaining with her on the best way to kill her.] That's gonna steal more time away from you than's strictly necessary, you know.