Re: Alex & Ren - after auditions
Alex took the sheet and looked it over. "Gotcha, Ren," he said. Partially so he would remember saying the man's name and that should help him keep it straight in his mind. Partially because something all those shrinks had told him when he asked why they kept saying his name. It was important, they said, to say his name so he could feel there was a personal connection. He didn't want a personal connection with those people, but here it was different. "I'll make sure I'm off the nights of the performances so I can be here."
He felt something like a...future pride. He'd want to see the performances, even if he wasn't needed during them, to see what his own and everyone else's hard work could create. It was like an awkward little seed of hope somewhere in his chest, searching around for a place to root. "I don't wanna keep you all day if you've got other things to do," he added, knowing he'd taken enough of this man's time by already showing up late.