Re: In-person: Holly W/Noah N
[Holly pretended to consider, but it was just for show, right?] I think I'd still be into you if you became the elephant man. [Which, you know, made Holly think of Mask, which was a stellar movie. He laughed after, when Noah talked about boundaries.] Baby, at first? You pushed at every fucking boundary. Nah, you inched past each one, and then the boundary moved, and then you inched again. You were dogged. [Holly didn't say it like it was a bad thing, because it wasn't a bad thing. If Noah hadn't pushed, like, constantly? They wouldn't be here. He was still into it, the pushing, even if he didn't say it. Instead, he looked at the fingers Noah spread, and he lifted one of his hands to trace the backs of Noah's fingers one by one.]
I'm not sure if it makes things easier or harder. [He said of Tandy, and he hadn't actually told Noah. He'd just figured it out recently, that there were minuscule differences in the towns they'd grown up in. It was an easy slip to think about the woods, because Holly didn't like the woods. I mean, here was okay, but they were also on the side of the road, not in the woods.] Okay, well it might not be the same place then? I mean, we'll ask around, and we'll figure out a plan. It's going to take a while for them to train me up, which they said they wanted to do first, so it's not like they're shoving me in there tomorrow. And I just want you safe. [Insisted, because he was going to argue about being protective, even if it was absolute bullshit, and even if he was still actively worried about the sniffling the guy was doing. He was actively aware of the fact that they hadn't decided on anything, and all that he was certain of was that he'd made Noah panic and cry today, right? And, right, in fact, he didn't even give Noah a chance to argue with him about it. He nudged at the guy instead, and he pressed back against the tree until he could stand.] Come on. Drive me back to the gate.