[ A certain shimmer comes to her eyes at his attempt of being serious. It's easy to tell, at least for her, that he doesn't mean it. Alan Wake is easy for her to understand and she's not sure why. It's not as if something clicks like in a cheesey romance novel. There's just something she feels she can understand. Despite the fact that nothing should link them other than the weirdness happening in Bright Falls.
Jesse's eyes, however, train downwards at what he says. She doesn't voice the thoughts and quite frankly she doesn't need to. It's obvious by the haunted look in her eyes that she's simply used to feeling that way. Maybe because she's told it to herself for so long, or it was something that someone else told her that has been negatively reinforced. Either way, the struggle plays out in her eyes. ]
No one should rely on me. I'll let everyone down. I'll let you down. I always do. [ The words sound hollow despite how she speaks as if she believes them. She may even be scared of the words. ] I'm not a leader or a heroic figure. I'm just...
[ She trails off once more as those defensive walls come up. ]
None of this weirdness is inspiring? Really? [ Jesse glances up at him. Something in her tells her that's a lie.
« He's tied into all this somehow. Isn't he? »
Polaris shifts. ]
"Something got them"? [ The sentence is parroted but, there's a hollowness. Something like familiarness. Fear to some degree. ] They... the Taken, things. They only come out at night?
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Jesse's eyes, however, train downwards at what he says. She doesn't voice the thoughts and quite frankly she doesn't need to. It's obvious by the haunted look in her eyes that she's simply used to feeling that way. Maybe because she's told it to herself for so long, or it was something that someone else told her that has been negatively reinforced. Either way, the struggle plays out in her eyes. ]
No one should rely on me. I'll let everyone down. I'll let you down. I always do. [ The words sound hollow despite how she speaks as if she believes them. She may even be scared of the words. ] I'm not a leader or a heroic figure. I'm just...
[ She trails off once more as those defensive walls come up. ]
None of this weirdness is inspiring? Really? [ Jesse glances up at him. Something in her tells her that's a lie.
« He's tied into all this somehow. Isn't he? »
Polaris shifts. ]
"Something got them"? [ The sentence is parroted but, there's a hollowness. Something like familiarness. Fear to some degree. ] They... the Taken, things. They only come out at night?