[Though Roland's dropped his hand from September's arm he still spends a second standing a little closer than he would to most anyone else, then turns and heads toward the closest pile of what used to be a greenhouse.]
You can tell me about it as we walk. It's, uh... [He frowns, looks around.] The glass is over here. I'd like to at least get that back to the shop before I leave. [He squats in front of a few carefully stacked panes of glass, thinking over how best to carry them.] How are you finding the other engineers?
[Small talk. But here and now, with this particular person, it's not the words themselves that he's really looking for.]
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[Though Roland's dropped his hand from September's arm he still spends a second standing a little closer than he would to most anyone else, then turns and heads toward the closest pile of what used to be a greenhouse.]
You can tell me about it as we walk. It's, uh... [He frowns, looks around.] The glass is over here. I'd like to at least get that back to the shop before I leave. [He squats in front of a few carefully stacked panes of glass, thinking over how best to carry them.] How are you finding the other engineers?
[Small talk. But here and now, with this particular person, it's not the words themselves that he's really looking for.]