[ Charlie thinking she can get up and just walk away from him incenses Dave. He gets to his feet so fast he almost loses his balance, quickly stepping through the dark after her. ]
I wasn't finished talking!
[ Where does she think she's going? She can't possibly know this place well enough to navigate in the dark. Can she? And walking away from him so casually, like he's nothing important... Dave hasn't felt angry like this in a while. Normally his emotions are boiling under a lid even he has trouble removing. Being able to get under his skin must be a family trait.
He reaches out, blindly in the dark, hoping to snag her shoulder and pull her back around. It doesn't occur to him that this is, most likely, not the best way to convince someone he's interested in following the straight and narrow for a while. ]
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I wasn't finished talking!
[ Where does she think she's going? She can't possibly know this place well enough to navigate in the dark. Can she? And walking away from him so casually, like he's nothing important... Dave hasn't felt angry like this in a while. Normally his emotions are boiling under a lid even he has trouble removing. Being able to get under his skin must be a family trait.
He reaches out, blindly in the dark, hoping to snag her shoulder and pull her back around. It doesn't occur to him that this is, most likely, not the best way to convince someone he's interested in following the straight and narrow for a while. ]