[ Things have been kind of awful...? He can't help it, he zeroes in on that, even as he wanted to say something prideful back to her, about how he was, and he was hoping she could be a part of it. Or maybe some sort of sales pitch he may or may not have practiced to himself both in the mirror and in private only to him social media posts he can conveniently read if he's feeling too lost. ... That's not weird, right?

Either way though, he pushes off the railing and breaks the distance between them, crouching down to get at eye level to her, but hesitating to reach out and touch her just yet. He... ]

She does, yeah. I mean. Yeah pretty much that - uh! Look though, putting whose place this is and who it's for or whatever aside, if you feel like you want to talk to me or just -- whatever, I'll do it. I do still owe you and I had fun on those dates too.