Arvo hoped he hadn’t said anything wrong. Sometimes words just up
and didn’t get filtered. Still resisting the urge to reach for his gun or be
particularly defensive towards the man. He seemed kind enough,
engaging Arvo in conversation instead of threatening or asking invasive
questions—
Except for that one. But at least he was polite about it and not pushing.
Arvo supposed he could open up just a little bit. After all who else did
he have to talk to? Natasha? Her stupid friends? Not likely. He was a
bit peeved with his relations at the moment, mostly because her
friend was mean to him and the other man was creepy.
”It was before.” Though the brace was kind of falling apart now, it
wasn’t really supposed to last more then six months. He really was
hoping they would find a way to repair it soon or get him a new one.
Because straps needed to be fixed and the foot that kept his, well,
foot on the device was getting kind of wobbly. He feared it would
break at the wrong step and leave him on the ground.
”My car slid off side of road, down hill, hit some trees. It was very
bad.” He said with an exaggerating tone, trying to keep it lighthearted.
After all it was a horrible thing, but it was two years ago, he should
probably be over it by now… “Ahh… not so good for now. But at least…”
At least it was still attached to his body.
”D- do you have… people…?” He had to be sure. Honestly this man
couldn’t be a bandit could he? Too nice, with an injury like that. If
anything he could be bait. But he felt too honest…
Lee listened to the other man, noticing he had a bit of a hard time looking for the right words to say. He had noticed the accent before, but he didn't comment on it. It sounded Russian to him, but he wasn't entirely too sure. Still, this guy did his best to communicate with Lee. English is probably the language this guy used the most nowadays, since they didn't have many people from all around come here anymore. He probably had people though... He didn't want to ask though.
From his experience, asking if someone was with a group was usually a bad sign to other people. Depending on who you asked, it could end badly... Or not. Since he was alone most of the time, he had a lot of people ask where the rest of his group was. Most didn't believe him when he said he was on his own, especially since he had just one arm. It was difficult to live and survive with just one arm, but he had his ways.
" Oh I'm sorry to hear about that. " Lee wasn't so sure of what else to say.
But at least you're alive.
But who'd want to be alive during a time like this?
At least you still have your leg.
The guy may feel bad if he said that.
He decided it'd be best if he just left it at that. Nothing else needed to be said about that. It was a tragedy, to be in an accident, but considering what has been occurring the past two years or so... He wasn't sure what he was supposed to say anymore.
Lee felt relieved in a way when the other man asked him if he was with people or not. He didn't have to be the one to ask and look suspicious, but it went both ways. For all he knew, that leg could actually be completely okay and Lee was being tricked right now... But he couldn't do much anyway if that was the case.
" No. I don't have people. I sometimes go along with a group,
but it never works out in the end. I find that being alone... it
has it's advantages. " As well as disadvantages. " Honestly,
I'm alone. I know... it might be hard to believe, due to my
condition, but I really am alone. I'm not a thief or setting you
up. Honestly. Now... how about you? "
He felt that was fair enough to ask of this man.
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