you're dancing with me now -- open / return

[tori]

Where did he end up going? Was there even a straight answer for that? He didn't have much of an end goal, no set place in mind. It was mostly a drawn out path, just wandering. He shrugged simply at Wash's inquiry, seemingly not finding the question rude in the least bit. That was all it was, a question, and not a crude one either. There was no reason to be upset or irritated by it. "I wandered the wilds a bit, there was no set destination." He closed his eyes for a moment, like he was trying to find a good enough answer, blinking them back open and jumping back to normal a split second later as if he had not just contemplated the existence of his journey. "Good to be back....Washington, isn't it?" He hadn't interacted with them at all up until now, he realized, but he had heard their name before. A name associated with the rather large male, and that armored exterior was hard to miss. Ironic for all their attempts to avoid the rest of the population. But who was he to judge? They intrigued him though, that was for certain.

"Hazel! He'd only truly interacted with her once, surely he didn't have the right to be relieved to see her, right? But he was, perhaps because she had seemed to sad when they met, and he realized with a sharp pang that he had left not long after, leaving her alone with herself and all that upset her so. He winced, he'd need to apologize to her later when he could get a proper heart to heart apology out. He liked Hazel, she seemed so nice, too nice to be troubled. "Maybe I should..." He was sure he was fine, a bit tired but he didn't feel broken down or anything horrible, but what did he know about health? He was in no position to turn down a quick visit.

And in the time spent already answering those he did somewhat know, with the exception of Wash, he got drop kicked in the anxiety with two others he did not know of. He winced again, this time for a much different reason, and took a deep breath. He was starting to feel surrounded, now. "No you do not." He said quickly to René, feeling his ability to talk begin to become restricted. At least he had gotten this far. Shine on the other hand was....somewhat familiar, at the very least, Alex had seen them around a few times. "I'm not that hurt..." Just tired, so very tired. "I promise I'll be...fine."

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