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lina being manifested in front of him was startling. shame prickled at jeb's skin, mortified that after all this time apart, this was how they reunited. with him in old, worn clothes, having just swapped them out from the orange suit that he had been wearing for the last handful of years. it's not as if he had never thought about this moment, and what it would be like to see her again, yet he could have never fathomed it being like this. because it was the worst possible scenario, and his stomach twisted in embarrassment. "i, uh, yeah. thanks." he had to get ahold of himself, his jaw locking back up. "i'd...that'd be nice, but...i don't have any money on me." his face pinched at the admission. "you don't...you don't need to do any of this." he had always seen her as too good for him, and their circumstances just proved that he'd been right. he had fumbled his chance long ago.
