[ five swallows down a mouthful himself, as nate speaks.
he's seen this before. nate is capable of bringing up the things that bother him, but will talk circles around explaining himself. for such a friendly guy, he keeps a lot of things close to the vest. it's sort of the inverse of what five does, closer to what he's seen in allison or klaus.
(maybe less an inverse than a distorted mirror. they both find ways to keep people from wanting to look deeper; they both try to seem like first impressions are all there is. they both, maybe, believe their own con, on this point.)
he's noticed nate's wedding ring before, sees nate fidgeting now. he's never quite had a spouse to go home to, but he gets the sentiment. delores; his siblings. every exotic location in the world is cold and empty without loved ones. ]
I wouldn't know. Lived in one place for most of my life.
[ even in the apocalypse, he never strayed from the ruins of his hometown for long. didn't have the heart, stupid as it was. ]
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he's seen this before. nate is capable of bringing up the things that bother him, but will talk circles around explaining himself. for such a friendly guy, he keeps a lot of things close to the vest. it's sort of the inverse of what five does, closer to what he's seen in allison or klaus.
(maybe less an inverse than a distorted mirror. they both find ways to keep people from wanting to look deeper; they both try to seem like first impressions are all there is. they both, maybe, believe their own con, on this point.)
he's noticed nate's wedding ring before, sees nate fidgeting now. he's never quite had a spouse to go home to, but he gets the sentiment. delores; his siblings. every exotic location in the world is cold and empty without loved ones. ]
I wouldn't know. Lived in one place for most of my life.
[ even in the apocalypse, he never strayed from the ruins of his hometown for long. didn't have the heart, stupid as it was. ]