"She has been?" He smiles warmly-- fondly-- at that, before he's reminded why he's here and follows Malcolm's lead by picking up a familiar bottle. Pert Plus. Now there's a blast from the past.
(Wait a minute. Combined shampoo-conditioner? No thanks.)
"I um... I guess it's unavoidable. Considering." The elephant in the room. The cowboy hat wearing elephant. He puts the bottle back, scanning the shelves for a proper conditioner. "I'm glad she--"
What, he's glad that she's here? On some level, sure, just on the basis that she's familiar, and Gifted, and that's some comfort in a situation like this, but...
He's not happy she's here. And he'd rather sacrifice that familiarity if it meant she could be at home, safe, with her aunt and the childhood she's had to fight so hard for.
"I'm glad she's got so many people looking out for her." He offers Malcolm another quick smile as he picks up another bottle to inspect. "She said it was, like, an army. So you're...?" Part of Athena's Army? There's no way of saying that without sound TOTALLY corny, even by Jeff's standards, so he just lets the implication say it all, instead.
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(Wait a minute. Combined shampoo-conditioner? No thanks.)
"I um... I guess it's unavoidable. Considering." The elephant in the room. The cowboy hat wearing elephant. He puts the bottle back, scanning the shelves for a proper conditioner. "I'm glad she--"
What, he's glad that she's here? On some level, sure, just on the basis that she's familiar, and Gifted, and that's some comfort in a situation like this, but...
He's not happy she's here. And he'd rather sacrifice that familiarity if it meant she could be at home, safe, with her aunt and the childhood she's had to fight so hard for.
"I'm glad she's got so many people looking out for her." He offers Malcolm another quick smile as he picks up another bottle to inspect. "She said it was, like, an army. So you're...?" Part of Athena's Army? There's no way of saying that without sound TOTALLY corny, even by Jeff's standards, so he just lets the implication say it all, instead.