[ She doesn't have to say anything. Just her actions say it all, at least for Alan. He doesn't need words to tell what her answer is. It couldn't be clearer to him that she doesn't want to linger on the subject of what he's done. Of how he left her behind, with barely enough time for a goodbye.
His eyes zero in on that small shake of her head. Anyone else might have missed it, but Alan Wake studies people. He does it to add a sense of realism to his books, to his writing, and it's become something of a habit in his day-to-day, even when he's not writing.
If he could go back and do it again, maybe he wouldn't have promised her that, knowing he wouldn't be able to keep that promise, at least not right away. Maybe now the promise has shifted: he'll come back. He'll come home, and she won't be alone again. Still, he should have known better than to promise something he wasn't in a position to fulfil.
But now he's in a different position, and while he can't do much, there is one thing he can do. ]
No, you're not. At least, you're not on your own there. It probably won't win me any potential-boyfriend-of-the-year awards, but... we're both crazy. A little messed up. That means we have something in common. We have more than that in common, of course, but that's what started us off, isn't it? Well, that, and a crazy story. You've had crazy things happen to you, and your life looks a little crazy right now, but the point is, you're not going through that alone.
Okay. Let's do it, then. [ He holds his hand out to her, still with that smile on his face that's gradually growing warmer and wider the longer he looks at her. ]
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His eyes zero in on that small shake of her head. Anyone else might have missed it, but Alan Wake studies people. He does it to add a sense of realism to his books, to his writing, and it's become something of a habit in his day-to-day, even when he's not writing.
If he could go back and do it again, maybe he wouldn't have promised her that, knowing he wouldn't be able to keep that promise, at least not right away. Maybe now the promise has shifted: he'll come back. He'll come home, and she won't be alone again. Still, he should have known better than to promise something he wasn't in a position to fulfil.
But now he's in a different position, and while he can't do much, there is one thing he can do. ]
No, you're not. At least, you're not on your own there. It probably won't win me any potential-boyfriend-of-the-year awards, but... we're both crazy. A little messed up. That means we have something in common. We have more than that in common, of course, but that's what started us off, isn't it? Well, that, and a crazy story. You've had crazy things happen to you, and your life looks a little crazy right now, but the point is, you're not going through that alone.
Okay. Let's do it, then. [ He holds his hand out to her, still with that smile on his face that's gradually growing warmer and wider the longer he looks at her. ]