[A week where he's liable to be more preoccupied with fighting for his life than he is thinking about what the hell to say to her. A week to get his story straight. To figure out just what pieces of the story he's going to lay down without summoning too many questions.]
[It isn't liable to be much.]
[The back of one hand goes to the corner of one eye. Pressing, pressing, as if by applying that weight, he might force it all back.]
I'll...I think I need to pass right now.
[For all that she's not like Jay, sometimes he can be grateful for that fact; for how she won't push him for answers at his most vulnerable, because he's more likely to yield.]
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[It isn't liable to be much.]
[The back of one hand goes to the corner of one eye. Pressing, pressing, as if by applying that weight, he might force it all back.]
I'll...I think I need to pass right now.
[For all that she's not like Jay, sometimes he can be grateful for that fact; for how she won't push him for answers at his most vulnerable, because he's more likely to yield.]
But, uh - I wanna...yeah.
We can talk. After this is over.