"Maybe if you were a less cool mom," Ellie grumbles. Like it's such a terrible thing. She imagines even if they lived outside the train, somehow got off and if there was hope for something similar to a normal life, she'd be lucky to have this sort of bond.
But, then again--would they even be this close if they weren't here?
"You lucked out getting a mom as cool as me," she remarks. "Some people end up with socialites who do nothing but try on shoes all day and get their hair curled."
In another lifetime, where Ellie was another man's daughter, Tess might have followed in her own parents' footprints: a provider, but not much of a parent. There's no luck in being on the train, not with everything else wrong with it, but proximity has its virtues.
"That sounds so stupid," she laughs, even if just quietly. So much of the outside world, whatever it was before, sounds dumb. "Bet those kids don't turn out as charming as me."
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More a concern when Ellie was younger, really, but it still comes with the territory.
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That's mostly because Tess won't hesitate to return fire no matter who the audience, though. And she has way more ammo.
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But, then again--would they even be this close if they weren't here?
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In another lifetime, where Ellie was another man's daughter, Tess might have followed in her own parents' footprints: a provider, but not much of a parent. There's no luck in being on the train, not with everything else wrong with it, but proximity has its virtues.
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She shouldn't, but she thinks of Joel's daughter--other daughter. The one that didn't live.
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