[His expression grows bittersweet as she connects the dots, eyes glancing away from her, his smile half-hearted and forced.]
... yeah.
[He wasn't going to go further into that, though. About how worried he was, how badly he missed her, how everything seemed to lose meaning without her there... it would only upset her, and he didn't want that, not a single bit. It wasn't her fault that this had all happened, after all, so there was no need for her to feel bad about it.
But his gaze can't help but follow hers as she glances at the building, and he shakes his head at her unfinished question.]
I didn't see them when I was in there earlier. I looked around, but I didn't recognize anyone else in the tanks. It's possible they may have gotten out on their own, or had someone else help them, like you did.
[His eyes sweep the area at the mention of bugs though, and he can't help but let out at sigh.]
Anyway, we're lucky they haven't gotten in here, but there's still something odd about it. With all of the people here, you'd think this is where they'd go to first.
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... yeah.
[He wasn't going to go further into that, though. About how worried he was, how badly he missed her, how everything seemed to lose meaning without her there... it would only upset her, and he didn't want that, not a single bit. It wasn't her fault that this had all happened, after all, so there was no need for her to feel bad about it.
But his gaze can't help but follow hers as she glances at the building, and he shakes his head at her unfinished question.]
I didn't see them when I was in there earlier. I looked around, but I didn't recognize anyone else in the tanks. It's possible they may have gotten out on their own, or had someone else help them, like you did.
[His eyes sweep the area at the mention of bugs though, and he can't help but let out at sigh.]
Anyway, we're lucky they haven't gotten in here, but there's still something odd about it. With all of the people here, you'd think this is where they'd go to first.