[And with a hand on Ellie's arm, they're out of the cafeteria and in the VR room. She moves to the control panel and quickly calls up the one familiar place she keeps coming back to: her home.
It's a little shabby, a little old, but clean and - it's a home, in a way that a lot of places aren't.]
I'm telling you this in confidence, Ellie, because I want you to understand where I'm coming from. [She moves close again, but crouches down so she's not looming too much.] This isn't about Jesse taking someone's powers, it's about the things that Jesse is capable of. When I went in there, he was talking about getting out and killing everyone, about exacting his revenge. Jesse is insane, he's unstable and he doesn't have a very strong grip on reality. Joel is none of those things.
[She can say that much with confidence; Joel might be fucked up, but he's a good man.]
When Jesse's like this, he'll do whatever it takes to get what he wants, and I know most of the time he's good to you, but I don't know if that would stay the same when he's like this, and I don't want to risk it.
[A breath, shaky, and she leans back, pushing a hand through her hair.]
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[And with a hand on Ellie's arm, they're out of the cafeteria and in the VR room. She moves to the control panel and quickly calls up the one familiar place she keeps coming back to: her home.
It's a little shabby, a little old, but clean and - it's a home, in a way that a lot of places aren't.]
I'm telling you this in confidence, Ellie, because I want you to understand where I'm coming from. [She moves close again, but crouches down so she's not looming too much.] This isn't about Jesse taking someone's powers, it's about the things that Jesse is capable of. When I went in there, he was talking about getting out and killing everyone, about exacting his revenge. Jesse is insane, he's unstable and he doesn't have a very strong grip on reality. Joel is none of those things.
[She can say that much with confidence; Joel might be fucked up, but he's a good man.]
When Jesse's like this, he'll do whatever it takes to get what he wants, and I know most of the time he's good to you, but I don't know if that would stay the same when he's like this, and I don't want to risk it.
[A breath, shaky, and she leans back, pushing a hand through her hair.]
I won't be going near him, either. Not alone.