[He shrugs a little, still not really showing much emotion about it. The actual event itself barely felt like his life. Had he struggled without parents? At St Joseph's? Absolutely. And those things... those could get rough talking about. He rubs his neck.] It is what it is, y'know. I really don't remember going through it.
[He nods when she mentions potentially ending up in the system, too. He'd wondered about that.] Were you already too old? Or did you have family that took you in?
[He'd also heard of friend's families adopting their kid's friend. Anything is probably better than ending up in the system, but it'd been the early 80s and placing older kids wasn't easy.
Movies are definitely a much easier topic.]
Alright, mostly US monster movies or like Godzilla, too? [He gives her a genuine, warm smile. A rarity for him.] That sounds awesome. Have you ever heard of... Night of the Lepus? Oh, shit, or, even better... Boggy Creek II? Maybe we could each pick a disaster of a movie and make it a double feature, hm?
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[He nods when she mentions potentially ending up in the system, too. He'd wondered about that.] Were you already too old? Or did you have family that took you in?
[He'd also heard of friend's families adopting their kid's friend. Anything is probably better than ending up in the system, but it'd been the early 80s and placing older kids wasn't easy.
Movies are definitely a much easier topic.]
Alright, mostly US monster movies or like Godzilla, too? [He gives her a genuine, warm smile. A rarity for him.] That sounds awesome. Have you ever heard of... Night of the Lepus? Oh, shit, or, even better... Boggy Creek II? Maybe we could each pick a disaster of a movie and make it a double feature, hm?