[ His sheer excitement at the mention of space is...something. Not something Amos is used to seeing. Not bad, actually, just a lot. But the kind of a lot that just takes a minute getting used to, and doesn't actually bother him in any way at all. He recognizes it as a form of feeling and emotion he doesn't himself have familiarity with, but it's interesting. To see it. He's just — fully being himself, no mask, no filtering, just who he is. Gotta admire it. He likes him, he finds.
Which is why what he says next isn't exactly an answer to anything at all, but some kind of start, maybe.
He's got nothing to be sorry for, though. And that may or may not be clear in the way Amos slightly tilts his head, his expression just barely softening. ]
Guess we'll owe each other some stories.
[ His tone suggests he's okay enough with the idea, but internally, Amos is — a little cautious about this. In terms of 'owing' anyone anything at all, this is easy, simple, innocent. It's not really owing each other anything, at the heart of it. No promises have been made.
What makes him hesitate and feel like he's one foot in the door and one foot out is the suggestion all but implies he has some degree of intention about seeing him again. And he's not sure how he feels about it, not sure how he'd feel about it no matter who he was chatting up in the samples line at the store.
It's something about this kid, though, that makes him less 'foot out the door' about it all. He genuinely wants to know more about what all of this protecting people business is, all of these creatures he hunts, and whatever the important thing is he needed to do before he got here. It's a lot for anyone to carry around, especially someone like him. ]
Kinda boring if I tell you everything right away.
[ He's next up for his sample, and he has places to be, but just one thought tugs at him and for whatever reason, he needs to check. Figures it's Holden's influence in him. ]
no subject
Which is why what he says next isn't exactly an answer to anything at all, but some kind of start, maybe.
He's got nothing to be sorry for, though. And that may or may not be clear in the way Amos slightly tilts his head, his expression just barely softening. ]
Guess we'll owe each other some stories.
[ His tone suggests he's okay enough with the idea, but internally, Amos is — a little cautious about this. In terms of 'owing' anyone anything at all, this is easy, simple, innocent. It's not really owing each other anything, at the heart of it. No promises have been made.
What makes him hesitate and feel like he's one foot in the door and one foot out is the suggestion all but implies he has some degree of intention about seeing him again. And he's not sure how he feels about it, not sure how he'd feel about it no matter who he was chatting up in the samples line at the store.
It's something about this kid, though, that makes him less 'foot out the door' about it all. He genuinely wants to know more about what all of this protecting people business is, all of these creatures he hunts, and whatever the important thing is he needed to do before he got here. It's a lot for anyone to carry around, especially someone like him. ]
Kinda boring if I tell you everything right away.
[ He's next up for his sample, and he has places to be, but just one thought tugs at him and for whatever reason, he needs to check. Figures it's Holden's influence in him. ]
You got somewhere to stay for now?