[His first instinct is to be an asshole about those words, which is bad. Right, talk. Like what? Like two normal people instead of a kingpin and her right-hand man? It was all gone, wiped away by magic, but it was the foundation of everything about them.
Maybe not. He remembers being a much younger man and noticing that Tess was different from the others. Maybe he can work with that and go backwards to the start. Joel peers at her like he's trying to figure out if he can actually do what she's asking or if he's gonna let her down.]
We can try. [Quieter. They've been vulnerable with each other before, but not like this. The setting, the scenario, everything about this castle was making them skittish. How lame.] What's something you wanna hear from me right now?
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Maybe not. He remembers being a much younger man and noticing that Tess was different from the others. Maybe he can work with that and go backwards to the start. Joel peers at her like he's trying to figure out if he can actually do what she's asking or if he's gonna let her down.]
We can try. [Quieter. They've been vulnerable with each other before, but not like this. The setting, the scenario, everything about this castle was making them skittish. How lame.] What's something you wanna hear from me right now?