Something changes on Henry's face. Ellie's maybe not the best at reading everyone all the time, but she's not totally antisocial and unversed. Besides that, she knows what it's like to be traumatised, especially over things you can't voice to others. She had issues years before Joel's death, after all.

"Uh...we can put it off for a bit if you don't wanna," she says. "But you don't seem like you're afraid of anything. So...what's the deal? Don't wanna be underground?"

He'd said he'd been trapped in a well, so she can put two and two together. But it could be something else? Maybe?