[ julie's eyes track his expression as he speaks, in the moments where he has to think about what he's about to say. eddie comes off so light most of the time that she forgets how fucked up just the shit she knows about is. no doubt there's more. it makes her just kind of sad for him, makes her wish she had some solution to make him feel better. but trauma isn't something you can just get rid of like that. ]

No-- no. It's fine. [ a little rushed, but she doesn't feel right just shooing him off when he's clearly in the middle of some shit. ] Nobody else is here right now, so.

[ she gestures with an awkward swing of her arm and immediately regrets it, tries not to let it show on her face. she's just always a little uncomfortable without some facade to prop her up, but they've kind of moved past "bitchy and violent" as standard, and right now certainly isn't the best time to pull that one back out. ]

I can leave you alone if you just wanna be by yourself. It's fine.

[ "it's fine" again, jesus. being nice to people is hard. ]