[ she smirks softly despite the emotion she can read on his face when it turns out hope is actually his daughter's name instead of only what she was able to give to him. ] Lucky guess. That's a beautiful name.
I'm Clementine.
[ there's another pause then as she studies his expression. she has had to become so good at reading people, so perceptive of her surroundings. ]
It's complicated, isn't it? [ it's said more as an acknowledgement of what she reads between the lines without asking for details. it's not so simple as he gets home, and he can return to her. there's more going on. people come from very terrible, very painful worlds. she wants to stay, because she has nothing to return to, but if lee were still alive- if her parents were, would she feel differently?
[private]
I'm Clementine.
[ there's another pause then as she studies his expression. she has had to become so good at reading people, so perceptive of her surroundings. ]
It's complicated, isn't it? [ it's said more as an acknowledgement of what she reads between the lines without asking for details. it's not so simple as he gets home, and he can return to her. there's more going on. people come from very terrible, very painful worlds. she wants to stay, because she has nothing to return to, but if lee were still alive- if her parents were, would she feel differently?
she doesn't know. ]