( Donny shakes his head. ) P-people-- people have expectations.
( Of him, of Atlas. They cannot be reconciled. She deals in expectations, doesn't she?
That's not what he meant. He's not really sure what he meant, something about doing things differently for her, personally. And that almost makes him laugh, a little: hoping Max would be forthcoming about something private, personal. It made him foolish and it made him kind of a jerk, because who is he to demand something like that from her?
He sighs, shrugs a little, a kind of that's cool gesture. Presumably it's something smart, innovative and likely lucrative.
"I'm trying to be happy," or "I'm doing something for myself" was a bit of a stretch. He's not sure a store could cover that, but maybe it would take her a little of the way there. )
D-do you have-- h-have friends?
( More gentle, careful. His tone suggests she doesn't have to answer. )
no subject
( Of him, of Atlas. They cannot be reconciled. She deals in expectations, doesn't she?
That's not what he meant. He's not really sure what he meant, something about doing things differently for her, personally. And that almost makes him laugh, a little: hoping Max would be forthcoming about something private, personal. It made him foolish and it made him kind of a jerk, because who is he to demand something like that from her?
He sighs, shrugs a little, a kind of that's cool gesture. Presumably it's something smart, innovative and likely lucrative.
"I'm trying to be happy," or "I'm doing something for myself" was a bit of a stretch. He's not sure a store could cover that, but maybe it would take her a little of the way there. )
D-do you have-- h-have friends?
( More gentle, careful. His tone suggests she doesn't have to answer. )