[Paul's fingers twitch mid-air at Oscar's disappointment at the missed opportunity, and the question that follows it with the weight of stayed judgment.]
They're all right.
[Paul shifts further down the truck bed, surreptitiously. It's not as though he doesn't have reason to desire distance, or as if anyone wants him too close to them in spite of that.]
What is this?
[The way Oscar is behaving (assuming this is as it seems) isn't like someone shocked by their circumstances. ]
no subject
They're all right.
[Paul shifts further down the truck bed, surreptitiously. It's not as though he doesn't have reason to desire distance, or as if anyone wants him too close to them in spite of that.]
What is this?
[The way Oscar is behaving (assuming this is as it seems) isn't like someone shocked by their circumstances. ]