​​​​[ He laughs again, warm and light. ]

You'll have t'show me where the hills around here are, sweetheart. I look out, all I see are stars. That's gonna take a lot outta me, I ain't as young as I used to be.

​​​​[ It's gently, playfully said, but he of all people who's grown up with thin walls and passed men who reek of whiskey know most of the ways a woman is careful and afraid. It does no good to push, or to expect that they immediately know the shade of one's heart. ]