[No, that wasn't exactly right. The last time he saw her she was a fresh corpse on the ground, blood pooling out around her from bullet wounds. The last time he saw her alive was what counted- alive, here she was alive.
And he knew that this shit happened, that people, even dead people, just showed up all the time around here, but shit, he'd resigned himself to never seeing his partner again a long time ago.
Fucking Christ. She turns to face him and he freezes again, all the air stolen from his lungs for a moment, just at the sight of her. He's staring at her, trying to take it all in and numb his shock, but she's looking everywhere except at him. Looking for something. Ellie. Tess is striding towards him now and demanding to know what happened to their cargo, which gives Joel a decent hint about what her last memories are. He has to shake off the shock and deal with this.]
Hold on- [His voice wavers. He takes another step forward and closes the gap between them, his eyes flickering to her shoulder. He can't see it, but knows it's there-- and just now much time did they have left?] We ain't back home, Tess. She's not here.
[His words are ragged and rushed, because there's a more pressing concern on his mind about what their immediate next step was gonna be. Joel can't leave her to deal with this alone twice.]
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And he knew that this shit happened, that people, even dead people, just showed up all the time around here, but shit, he'd resigned himself to never seeing his partner again a long time ago.
Fucking Christ. She turns to face him and he freezes again, all the air stolen from his lungs for a moment, just at the sight of her. He's staring at her, trying to take it all in and numb his shock, but she's looking everywhere except at him. Looking for something. Ellie. Tess is striding towards him now and demanding to know what happened to their cargo, which gives Joel a decent hint about what her last memories are. He has to shake off the shock and deal with this.]
Hold on- [His voice wavers. He takes another step forward and closes the gap between them, his eyes flickering to her shoulder. He can't see it, but knows it's there-- and just now much time did they have left?] We ain't back home, Tess. She's not here.
[His words are ragged and rushed, because there's a more pressing concern on his mind about what their immediate next step was gonna be. Joel can't leave her to deal with this alone twice.]