Eddie likes to think he does a decent job of reading people, but the man who steps out of the Oldsmobile is immediately kind of impossible to get any sort of good read on. Something about him feels odd, but not in the ālocal freak with a heart of goldā sort of way like the people Eddie tends to surround himself with. Heās polite enough, but he doesnāt wear it totally comfortably.
Itās easy to chalk it all up to the frustration with the situation, though, and not nearly enough to dissuade Eddie from helping. Teaching a round of driverās ed wasnāt what he planned to do with his day, but considering heās got nothing but a broken radio and miles of road to look forward toā¦itās not as if itās a big disruption. ]
Well, considering this isnāt even in the top ten when it comes to weird shit Iāve seen this past week aloneā¦Iām gonna say youāre off the hook.
[ Wit that, he grins and ducks into the car, gesturing for Henry to join him. He hasnāt driven a classic car like this himself, but it seems to be close enough to the more modern models he has sat behind the wheel of. No reason why he canāt teach Henry the ropes. ]
So, you got the car running, you got it moving, and you know how to stop it, so youāre kind of already halfway there. But this right hereā
[ He gestures to the gear shift. ]
āis gonna be the bane of your existence. Until you get used to using it.
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Eddie likes to think he does a decent job of reading people, but the man who steps out of the Oldsmobile is immediately kind of impossible to get any sort of good read on. Something about him feels odd, but not in the ālocal freak with a heart of goldā sort of way like the people Eddie tends to surround himself with. Heās polite enough, but he doesnāt wear it totally comfortably.
Itās easy to chalk it all up to the frustration with the situation, though, and not nearly enough to dissuade Eddie from helping. Teaching a round of driverās ed wasnāt what he planned to do with his day, but considering heās got nothing but a broken radio and miles of road to look forward toā¦itās not as if itās a big disruption. ]
Well, considering this isnāt even in the top ten when it comes to weird shit Iāve seen this past week aloneā¦Iām gonna say youāre off the hook.
[ Wit that, he grins and ducks into the car, gesturing for Henry to join him. He hasnāt driven a classic car like this himself, but it seems to be close enough to the more modern models he has sat behind the wheel of. No reason why he canāt teach Henry the ropes. ]
So, you got the car running, you got it moving, and you know how to stop it, so youāre kind of already halfway there. But this right hereā
[ He gestures to the gear shift. ]
āis gonna be the bane of your existence. Until you get used to using it.