❛ how are you holding up ? ❜
It took Nick Valentine a few moments to adjust to the question: not that he didn't know what it was in reference to as much as he hadn't expected her to ask at all. It had only been about two days since Serena had sprung him from that Vault.
Maybe the old detective was still acting a little jittery.
He stuffed his hands in his pockets and went silent for a few moments before he figured out how to answer. "Pretty alright, all things considered. Still re-adjusting my visual processors to sunlight... if I see another tommy gun it'll be too soon."
He gave a derisive sniff of air he didn't need as he tilted his chin up to the sky; he'd taken a little walk from where they'd been working in his office. One of very many, lately. "Maybe I'm not too keen on being indoors for a little while."
"Uh... thanks for askin'."











