[He stands there for what feels like a lot longer than the couple seconds it actually is, then aims a deeply uncomfortable little smile at her.]
I’ll just, uh... be getting back to Sumo now. Uh. Good luck with everything.
[It’s a lot harder to feel like you’re just leaving like a normal person, instead of running away, when you have to fucking swim for it. If he gets out of this place he’s never fucking swimming again. But just now it gets him where he needs to go - that is, away from this conversation.
So, that’s it. And that’s fine. She’ll he happier being friendly at other people, anyway.]
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I’ll just, uh... be getting back to Sumo now. Uh. Good luck with everything.
[It’s a lot harder to feel like you’re just leaving like a normal person, instead of running away, when you have to fucking swim for it. If he gets out of this place he’s never fucking swimming again. But just now it gets him where he needs to go - that is, away from this conversation.
So, that’s it. And that’s fine. She’ll he happier being friendly at other people, anyway.]