[ Claire is immediately sorry that she woke him at all, and her face shows every inch of it. ]
Oh god.
[ She had been expecting some bleary-eyed response - if anything; honestly, it was a fifty-fifty chance that he would even answer in the first place - but he actually does really look like hell. Most of them do, to some degree, but not really enough to warrant a verbal approximation of the fact, unlike this encounter. Probably it's not the politest thing to say to hi but she is beyond the point of being able to reel it in. Pretty soon she's going to start showing all her stars and stripes via accent. ]
What happened? [ She indicates his eye by stepping into the room and trying to get a better look and then belatedly feels the need to clarify. ] Your eye's all red.
[ Making progress toward better people manners and less caveman manners with every step. ]
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Oh god.
[ She had been expecting some bleary-eyed response - if anything; honestly, it was a fifty-fifty chance that he would even answer in the first place - but he actually does really look like hell. Most of them do, to some degree, but not really enough to warrant a verbal approximation of the fact, unlike this encounter. Probably it's not the politest thing to say to hi but she is beyond the point of being able to reel it in. Pretty soon she's going to start showing all her stars and stripes via accent. ]
What happened? [ She indicates his eye by stepping into the room and trying to get a better look and then belatedly feels the need to clarify. ] Your eye's all red.
[ Making progress toward better people manners and less caveman manners with every step. ]