[He smiles a little more, and even though it's little more than a lopsided smirk it's more than he usually does.]
Think the point was to get me outta your hair, but you seem plenty happy to see me, now.
[He wonders, silently, why he felt compelled to even do this. He'd settled into the work at the kitchens with some difficulty, honestly-- he really hadn't done much more than make coffee, and it's not easy to go from that to preparing massive amounts of food for others. But at the end of his shifts, now that he knows a little more, he feels strangely satisfied. Like he's done something good, something productive. He's not sure what it means yet.
But he gets that bringing Gene this is about more than doing his work right. He's glad for Gene's sense of humor, the banter familiar and comfortable; he realizes he's also glad that Gene seems to feel a little better.]
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Think the point was to get me outta your hair, but you seem plenty happy to see me, now.
[He wonders, silently, why he felt compelled to even do this. He'd settled into the work at the kitchens with some difficulty, honestly-- he really hadn't done much more than make coffee, and it's not easy to go from that to preparing massive amounts of food for others. But at the end of his shifts, now that he knows a little more, he feels strangely satisfied. Like he's done something good, something productive. He's not sure what it means yet.
But he gets that bringing Gene this is about more than doing his work right. He's glad for Gene's sense of humor, the banter familiar and comfortable; he realizes he's also glad that Gene seems to feel a little better.]