Then I'd deal with it. I might not like it, but I can deal with it.
[Just because he's out of practice of hiding every little emotion doesn't mean he can't still do it.
He's not even sure how he'd get better with this. He'd have to. Practice. Like with the library. (Which he's stopped practicing with, since Ellie doesn't want him to have panic attacks.) That seems even more harrowing than the library, though.]
I wouldn't want you to just deal with it, though. If you haven't figured it out by now, you being... comfortable, I guess, especially with me, is important.
[The whole warden-inmate thing is strange, but Ellie's always tried to approach is more as a team effort thing. A friendship, first and foremost.]
Hanging out in a fort is probably a start. Makes me resist the urge to mess it up to annoy you, too.
[Her wanting him to be comfortable, made even more literal in a couple weeks when the flood hits. He stares vaguely across the bedroom, then sighs a bit.]
Then we'll work on it. Maybe it'll be easier than the library.
[He doesn't sound particularly hopeful about it, though.]
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[Just because he's out of practice of hiding every little emotion doesn't mean he can't still do it.
He's not even sure how he'd get better with this. He'd have to. Practice. Like with the library. (Which he's stopped practicing with, since Ellie doesn't want him to have panic attacks.) That seems even more harrowing than the library, though.]
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[The whole warden-inmate thing is strange, but Ellie's always tried to approach is more as a team effort thing. A friendship, first and foremost.]
Hanging out in a fort is probably a start. Makes me resist the urge to mess it up to annoy you, too.
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Then we'll work on it. Maybe it'll be easier than the library.
[He doesn't sound particularly hopeful about it, though.]