El Nysa Overflow Post

[steponme]

Overflowing with the feels

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[latkje]

Hmmm. I don't know about that, either. There are a lot of people I know who aren't here, but I like to think they still matter.

[ He says that lightly. ]

But I've never met a fat vampire.

[steponme]

--I didn't mean it like that! Don't put words in my mouth!

[Nash says it lightly, but that unspoken accusation hits a sore spot. As calm as he looks right now, the combination of general stress from everything happening now and back home, along with a general anxiety over what he's going to do for food, actually has him in a pretty bad place.]

[But Shell bites back the words the second he says them, turning away with a frown and a sigh.]

...sorry. I didn't mean to yell.

[latkje]

[ Nash doesn't flinch at the outburst. He knows was goading a bit. He's a goader. ]

You have people you miss too, huh?

[steponme]

Of course I do. Doesn't everyone?

[Okay, maybe not everyone, but he figures most well-adjusted people probably have a person or two whose company they miss.]

[latkje]

A lot of people here don't like to admit it. The tough and solitary type, you know. [ A very stoic lot here, our refugees. ] But I can't even fake it, so... [ He makes a dismissive waving gesture. ]