I've been here long enough to not do that anymore.

( he smiles lightly and then looks down, looks at the way his fingers slide idly against the table like he can't quite figure out what to say or do.

he swallows and tries to gather his thoughts, tries to figure out what to say to her. the last time he'd seen her, he'd been helping her out of the cage and she'd still wanted very little to do with him.

he doesn't know what this is. )

There was...another you here recently. She just disappeared. I didn't think this was possible.