She is about to say 'I know it's not' when he keeps talking, when he...
Agrees.
Agrees to ask the agent at the other end of his cell phone, just like that. Without all the arguments she had in her head, all of the quips to make him laugh and like her.
She should feel pleased that it didn't take much more baring of her soul than she did to get her foot in the door, but instead she's feeling hollowed out and too full of sentences and emotions, all at once.
It's not his call.
Blame the lack of decent sleep for the tangled, jagged feeling (she had a quip about that, too, about roommates and snoring leaving a lot of time to think, which is true, but it's also blunting her edge) and so she just nods.
"Sure," Natasha says, and numbly starts to eat again.
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Agrees.
Agrees to ask the agent at the other end of his cell phone, just like that. Without all the arguments she had in her head, all of the quips to make him laugh and like her.
She should feel pleased that it didn't take much more baring of her soul than she did to get her foot in the door, but instead she's feeling hollowed out and too full of sentences and emotions, all at once.
It's not his call.
Blame the lack of decent sleep for the tangled, jagged feeling (she had a quip about that, too, about roommates and snoring leaving a lot of time to think, which is true, but it's also blunting her edge) and so she just nods.
"Sure," Natasha says, and numbly starts to eat again.