[Gene's smile gets a little dopey, maybe even shy.] Wouldn't mind a book. [If Jimmy doesn't mind, anyway.
And he'd leave it at that, except obviously he noticed that the old injury's still giving Jimmy issues and it makes him think of the conversation they'd had on deck.]
You talk to anyone about your leg?
[It's a casual question with zero expectation: if Jimmy wants to, he can and should, if he doesn't, Gene isn't going to force him to. He's just curious.]
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And he'd leave it at that, except obviously he noticed that the old injury's still giving Jimmy issues and it makes him think of the conversation they'd had on deck.]
You talk to anyone about your leg?
[It's a casual question with zero expectation: if Jimmy wants to, he can and should, if he doesn't, Gene isn't going to force him to. He's just curious.]