No. No. He is not going to listen to this. He is not going to--
Joel abruptly turns away from Ellie, starts stalking off with a furious shake of his head - but then he's turning on his heel again, pacing right back towards her. Pacing, almost like a wild animal trapped in a cage. He doesn't know what to do with himself, where to put himself, how to even stand still, not while his head is reeling with things he doesn't know how to handle.
"Did you even listen to what I just told you?" Joel fires back, eyes blazing with anger. "Huh? I had to drag your god damn body outta the water. I woke up in this place, convinced," a hand now levelled out at Ellie like she better damn well listen to him and had better not fucking interrupt him, "that I'd been kidnapped and that you--"
Shit, his voice suddenly wavers, thick and rough. "You do what I damn well say, when I damn well say it," he continues, his voice so tight with something fierce and indescribable that it's close to breaking. "And I am sayin' that we are leavin'. I am not gonna risk losin'--"
--losing you again the way I lost Sarah, but he can't bring himself to finish the sentence because Sarah, Christ, Sarah - her face on that video comes slamming back into his head, and suddenly Joel turns away from Ellie again, starts pacing away from her, then paces back a few steps, paces away, paces back, eyes no longer furious and fixed on her but lost somewhere in some unspoken, locked in panic while he's anxiously rubbing his hand over his beard.
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Joel abruptly turns away from Ellie, starts stalking off with a furious shake of his head - but then he's turning on his heel again, pacing right back towards her. Pacing, almost like a wild animal trapped in a cage. He doesn't know what to do with himself, where to put himself, how to even stand still, not while his head is reeling with things he doesn't know how to handle.
"Did you even listen to what I just told you?" Joel fires back, eyes blazing with anger. "Huh? I had to drag your god damn body outta the water. I woke up in this place, convinced," a hand now levelled out at Ellie like she better damn well listen to him and had better not fucking interrupt him, "that I'd been kidnapped and that you--"
Shit, his voice suddenly wavers, thick and rough. "You do what I damn well say, when I damn well say it," he continues, his voice so tight with something fierce and indescribable that it's close to breaking. "And I am sayin' that we are leavin'. I am not gonna risk losin'--"
--losing you again the way I lost Sarah, but he can't bring himself to finish the sentence because Sarah, Christ, Sarah - her face on that video comes slamming back into his head, and suddenly Joel turns away from Ellie again, starts pacing away from her, then paces back a few steps, paces away, paces back, eyes no longer furious and fixed on her but lost somewhere in some unspoken, locked in panic while he's anxiously rubbing his hand over his beard.