Nora really didn't mean for Josh to feel bad for her or pity her, but it felt good to get it off her chest and tell someone. She wanted to talk about it, and maybe she wasn't ready to say more quite yet, but it was good to know that she could at least talk about some of it. It meant that she was out of it, that she was onto something new, and that she had successfully gotten herself into a situation that was likely livable - or, at least, much more safer than before. It was a victory for Nora, and she wanted to thrive and grow from that victory.
Nora smiled in response when Josh told her that she was safe, actually feeling much safer when he said that. She just felt happy here, sitting in the booth with him, like everything was back to normal and they were sitting in a diner booth eating salsa. She knew that she probably shouldn't have kept glancing at him, and she should have said something productive, but she was so comforted by how normal this felt, whatever normal was right now. And honestly, she was still kind of in shock that there was someone here that she actually knew. She chewed thoughtfully on her chip, feeling more relaxed now than she'd felt in months.
As Josh started to speak again, trying to figure out something to say, Nora was beginning to realize that he was going through the same exact thing as she was. She started laughing, smacking him in the arm with a chip. "Shut up, I'm the awkward one who barged into your trailer and made you start bleeding. I think I'm the bad one," she admitted. "But if you want to take the blame for my shortcomings, I will gladly place the burden on you." Nora grinned, raising her eyebrows in jest.
She sighed, shaking her head. "I don't know. I'm just kind of amazed to find someone I know here. Not even kind of. Really, honest to God amazed." Nora couldn't even make that one up. "How'd you get here, then?"