Is it really so bad if something terrible happens? Cash thought, but didn't say, because he had decided that he didn't want to die and because even he knew that could be filed under 'too concerning.'
"Okay," Cash said, and maybe it was a little over-pronounced, like he was trying to wrap his head around this. Maybe this could work. Maybe he'd get to a point where the thought of writing down things to say to Eli wasn't a weird road block he couldn't overcome. He knew the magic he'd use to do it, too — like what he had on his journal with Angie, but going to nowhere.
"And —" he wanted to say something like what if I start hearing from him again? but that was again, maybe too concerning, he didn't want Greengrass to think he was unhinged. Cash swallowed. "— I mean, what do you think I should say?"
"Okay," Cash said, and maybe it was a little over-pronounced, like he was trying to wrap his head around this. Maybe this could work. Maybe he'd get to a point where the thought of writing down things to say to Eli wasn't a weird road block he couldn't overcome. He knew the magic he'd use to do it, too — like what he had on his journal with Angie, but going to nowhere.
"And —" he wanted to say something like what if I start hearing from him again? but that was again, maybe too concerning, he didn't want Greengrass to think he was unhinged. Cash swallowed. "— I mean, what do you think I should say?"

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