Tess just smiles. Going back to putting in effort to get anything done comes with a particular relish —- you get whatever you’re willing to work for. Living that way comes easy.
“Go deal with the animals, then,” she says, waving him off, playful. “I’m here for good so you’ll get to see me all you want.”
"Come and help," he tells her, pulling on her elbow as he makes to
head back out. "You're staying here? Ain't you? We - I mean, Jake and I, we
put in a little room at the back for you. If you want it."
She won't have seen the door yet, but it's there. Barely as big as his tiny
room on the Barge, but it's hers if she wants it.
There's nothing else out there in the world for her, at least not yet. A tiny room is better than the wilderness, or her crumbling apartment back in Boston, or a guest bedroom in Joel's house, if he'd even have her. She's here.
She lets her second backpack slip down her free arm, and she sets it down on the floor as she moves after him. Fine. She can help.
"What, I can't just ride on the back of yours whenever?" she replies, following.
She is, at most, half joking. The reality of having to have and care for a horse feels inevitable, but she was hoping she could be on the ground for longer than an hour without having to face it down.
"I ain't teach you how to ride for nothin'," he points out to her. "But
you'll have to do for now, the town's a couple hours away from the cabin.
How'd you like it here?"
"More built up than I was expecting," she replies. She's glad it's that way, having imagined more than once a future where it was little more than a canvas tent over her head. "You've been working hard."
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“Go deal with the animals, then,” she says, waving him off, playful. “I’m here for good so you’ll get to see me all you want.”
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"Come and help," he tells her, pulling on her elbow as he makes to head back out. "You're staying here? Ain't you? We - I mean, Jake and I, we put in a little room at the back for you. If you want it."
She won't have seen the door yet, but it's there. Barely as big as his tiny room on the Barge, but it's hers if she wants it.
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There's nothing else out there in the world for her, at least not yet. A tiny room is better than the wilderness, or her crumbling apartment back in Boston, or a guest bedroom in Joel's house, if he'd even have her. She's here.
She lets her second backpack slip down her free arm, and she sets it down on the floor as she moves after him. Fine. She can help.
"How big is this deer?"
She's not sure she knows how big a deer is.
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"Just a regular deer," he says, spectacularly unhelpfully, as he steps back outside. Still no lock, Tess.
"Got me a good horse, too. A strong one. Hell, we're gonna have to get you a horse."
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She is, at most, half joking. The reality of having to have and care for a horse feels inevitable, but she was hoping she could be on the ground for longer than an hour without having to face it down.
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"I ain't teach you how to ride for nothin'," he points out to her. "But you'll have to do for now, the town's a couple hours away from the cabin. How'd you like it here?"
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