Jeremy looks up, his puppy-dog-esque eyes seeking out Metody's. The words are a perfect vocalization of what he's feeling, and the emotion behind them, even soft as Metody's voice is, tings all the bells.
He really looks at her, brain trying to register more than his own personal crisis for a bit. Man, she's small. If she went through the same crazy night he's having, the waking up in the steel room and staggering out almost naked into a city that makes no sense (he would be a little piqued to learn he's the only almost-nude arrival)...
"... I, um. Okay, I'm not sure I'm really buying any of this. But you're being super nice to me, sweetheart, so, you know, you don't have anything to apologize for, 'kay? Fuck, you got me coffee, I think that qualifies you as a superhero."
He offers a disarming-if-shaky smile, and holds up his blanket. "Look, I even brought you a cape?"
It's a coping mechanism, sure-- his joke is strained, lame, dopey-- but it's also what he does-- try to make everyone smile, try to make everyone happy.
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Jeremy looks up, his puppy-dog-esque eyes seeking out Metody's. The words are a perfect vocalization of what he's feeling, and the emotion behind them, even soft as Metody's voice is, tings all the bells.
He really looks at her, brain trying to register more than his own personal crisis for a bit. Man, she's small. If she went through the same crazy night he's having, the waking up in the steel room and staggering out almost naked into a city that makes no sense (he would be a little piqued to learn he's the only almost-nude arrival)...
"... I, um. Okay, I'm not sure I'm really buying any of this. But you're being super nice to me, sweetheart, so, you know, you don't have anything to apologize for, 'kay? Fuck, you got me coffee, I think that qualifies you as a superhero."
He offers a disarming-if-shaky smile, and holds up his blanket. "Look, I even brought you a cape?"
It's a coping mechanism, sure-- his joke is strained, lame, dopey-- but it's also what he does-- try to make everyone smile, try to make everyone happy.