"Yeah... I've been there, too. Losing people you know you won't get to see again, after this." Maybe he's overstepping things, they barely know each other, but it's common ground and sometimes that helps. Drake breathes out, glancing at the shelf she'd been searching. "You probably don't want to talk about it, but if you do I'm around. All we can really do is remember them, and that makes it harder in some ways. Being so aware of the empty space."
He's curious -- has questions about if they'd planned something different for Church, if they'd been thinking of staying or sending him elsewhere alive to meet up again later. Drake and Tucker had only talked about his plans for doing that kind of thing, not theirs, because he'd known the other man hadn't been willing to leave his kid. Understandable, but painful. Complicated. He wonders if it's easier or harder for Carolina, having lost so many people in her life already. None of these are things he's planning to ask right now as an acquaintance, but maybe eventually she'd open up, to someone closer if not to him. Drake's always gotten the feeling that was difficult for her. He switches topics to try and lighten things up.
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He's curious -- has questions about if they'd planned something different for Church, if they'd been thinking of staying or sending him elsewhere alive to meet up again later. Drake and Tucker had only talked about his plans for doing that kind of thing, not theirs, because he'd known the other man hadn't been willing to leave his kid. Understandable, but painful. Complicated. He wonders if it's easier or harder for Carolina, having lost so many people in her life already. None of these are things he's planning to ask right now as an acquaintance, but maybe eventually she'd open up, to someone closer if not to him. Drake's always gotten the feeling that was difficult for her. He switches topics to try and lighten things up.
"Did you get the grand tour of the jungle?"