[ Caleb's eyebrows lift a little higher and he shakes his head, the reference completely lost on him. ]
I don't get it...?
[ His eyes move to the six-pack and he wrinkles his nose. Steve fucking drinks that shit, too, and Sally. Caleb's never been a Pepsi guy. ]
I'm good. More of a Mountain Dew man, myself.
[ His eyes are still on the knife even as she sets it down — he can't help noticing she doesn't actually let go of it. ]
Look, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm not even supposed to be here. I'm so over this and I just want to go home so unless you're the one who brought me here, yeah. I'm not going to hurt you.
[ He keeps to himself that, so long as she doesn't feel like she wants to hurt somebody, he won't feel like he wants to, either. Alyssa would probably tell him he needs to be upfront with that, but it doesn't feel like a great conversation opener. Hi, I'm Caleb and I can feel your feelings, so try not to feel too angry right now, if you could be so kind. Yeah, that would probably go over like a lead balloon. ]
lmk if you would prefer if Caleb doesn't feel her feelings so I can keep writing around it.
I don't get it...?
[ His eyes move to the six-pack and he wrinkles his nose. Steve fucking drinks that shit, too, and Sally. Caleb's never been a Pepsi guy. ]
I'm good. More of a Mountain Dew man, myself.
[ His eyes are still on the knife even as she sets it down — he can't help noticing she doesn't actually let go of it. ]
Look, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm not even supposed to be here. I'm so over this and I just want to go home so unless you're the one who brought me here, yeah. I'm not going to hurt you.
[ He keeps to himself that, so long as she doesn't feel like she wants to hurt somebody, he won't feel like he wants to, either. Alyssa would probably tell him he needs to be upfront with that, but it doesn't feel like a great conversation opener. Hi, I'm Caleb and I can feel your feelings, so try not to feel too angry right now, if you could be so kind. Yeah, that would probably go over like a lead balloon. ]