[But the extremely casual way he says this fails to share the fact that he's not been back very long at all, how much he's been struggling since the moment he woke up. Jeff had always felt like an outsider, but now he feels like a ghost in this world.
He takes a long pull of his drink, mirroring David's from earlier, and shakes his head when the glass drops back to the tabletop. It's actually stupid that after everything they've been through, this still manages to make his throat clog uncomfortably.
Jeff doesn't know how to say that he was expecting to lay a memory to rest- not to actually find him.
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[But the extremely casual way he says this fails to share the fact that he's not been back very long at all, how much he's been struggling since the moment he woke up. Jeff had always felt like an outsider, but now he feels like a ghost in this world.
He takes a long pull of his drink, mirroring David's from earlier, and shakes his head when the glass drops back to the tabletop. It's actually stupid that after everything they've been through, this still manages to make his throat clog uncomfortably.
Jeff doesn't know how to say that he was expecting to lay a memory to rest- not to actually find him.
He suddenly looks like he's ready to stand.]
Sorry, man. Butting in out of my depth.