[Out of reflex he flinches, but Ralph's posture adjusts accordingly like he's aware of what the gesture is meant to mean. Despite the cold undertones of some of her words she doesn't strike him as a threat.]
Ralph won't forget your kind words. [He says this with overwhelming enthusiasm, her authority feeding him like water to a sponge. They were the same. They might not have been made the same, or with the same parts, or the same purposes, but there's something there that he could feel when they touched just for the brief moment. She knew suffering as he did.]
Ralph hopes it's not broken. The communication device. [He gestures to where she stored away the smartphone.]
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Ralph won't forget your kind words. [He says this with overwhelming enthusiasm, her authority feeding him like water to a sponge. They were the same. They might not have been made the same, or with the same parts, or the same purposes, but there's something there that he could feel when they touched just for the brief moment. She knew suffering as he did.]
Ralph hopes it's not broken. The communication device. [He gestures to where she stored away the smartphone.]