[Harsh, but true. Acting crazy, being in a ton of pain... Hughes might not have gone whacky because his soul had escaped from Hell, but Adam can't exactly argue the comparison. He hasn't spent time watching movies in the nude, so that's something Adam has over the guy.]
See, there you go, you're pretty good with American pop culture.
[He smiles a little, becoming something smaller and more shy at the sudden show of good faith in his company. If it helps Bela, Adam's gotten a little rusty at sincerity, too. It's difficult to give your real feelings their due course when you have to live around the people who'd destroyed you.
And yet having someone who'd seen him at his worst say they'd like to see more of him makes a strange sense of hope bloom in his chest. Bela might claim she isn't nice, but she's given him something he hasn't had in a long time. Even if it does end up being a lie.]
Uh, yeah, that... helps. [He's looking at his shoes as this awkward reply leaves him.] You are the first.
[Even a polite offer to be a shoulder to lean on is better than none. He's grateful for the small kindnesses, the little flashes of humanity he'd thought Hell had taken away permanently.]
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See, there you go, you're pretty good with American pop culture.
[He smiles a little, becoming something smaller and more shy at the sudden show of good faith in his company. If it helps Bela, Adam's gotten a little rusty at sincerity, too. It's difficult to give your real feelings their due course when you have to live around the people who'd destroyed you.
And yet having someone who'd seen him at his worst say they'd like to see more of him makes a strange sense of hope bloom in his chest. Bela might claim she isn't nice, but she's given him something he hasn't had in a long time. Even if it does end up being a lie.]
Uh, yeah, that... helps. [He's looking at his shoes as this awkward reply leaves him.] You are the first.
[Even a polite offer to be a shoulder to lean on is better than none. He's grateful for the small kindnesses, the little flashes of humanity he'd thought Hell had taken away permanently.]