[The bitterness does not go without notice, but it certainly goes without comment. It's very clearly not something either one of them is going to win with the other, so there's no point in making any issue of it.]
No, I think I have everything I need. I appreciate you asking though.
[Everyone here is so damn helpful and friendly. Frankly, it's become a bit of a foreign concept to him. It's only then that he really takes a good, long look at Lydia.]
I take it you're a warden then.
[Something that isn't quite so novel is the idea of a child being forced to take on adult responsibilities quickly. (And that is what Lydia is regardless of whether she believes it or behaves like it.) Admittedly, he had been blind to it at first. He tried to believe that survival was possible while still protecting Penny's innocence, but she paid the price for his willful ignorance. But that was different. That was circumstances pressed upon them. This is something voluntary. Unnecessary.]
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No, I think I have everything I need. I appreciate you asking though.
[Everyone here is so damn helpful and friendly. Frankly, it's become a bit of a foreign concept to him. It's only then that he really takes a good, long look at Lydia.]
I take it you're a warden then.
[Something that isn't quite so novel is the idea of a child being forced to take on adult responsibilities quickly. (And that is what Lydia is regardless of whether she believes it or behaves like it.) Admittedly, he had been blind to it at first. He tried to believe that survival was possible while still protecting Penny's innocence, but she paid the price for his willful ignorance. But that was different. That was circumstances pressed upon them. This is something voluntary. Unnecessary.]