Even if Hugh doesn't say so with sadness, Cricket can't help but squeeze his hand gently as if to reassure him. He remembers his mother, and he remembers losing her, and some days he's still not entirely over it. Hugh is a different person, so he may feel things differently, but Cricket has a tendency to quiet, stolid compassion that will not be denied.
"Sounds like it'd be scary at first," he says of the bees. "But maybe once you get used to 'em it's like having family."
...living in you stomach? Well. It's not a perfect analogy, but he means it kindly.
Coming up to the porch, Cricket studies Forrest's expression. He looks as calm as ever, betraying almost nothing. And Cricket knows perfectly well Forrest wouldn't hurt him, but he's still pretty intimidating sometimes. He's more used to being in his presence with the buffer of Jack there, which helps because Jack Bondurant is always in trouble, and Cricket rarely is, so Forrest's skepticism is usually not directed at him.
But okay. He can handle this.
"This is Hugh, Forrest," he says. "I kinda found him in the woods this mornin'. Reckon I'm planning to take him in. Uh...have you heard of any strangers around here? 'Cause there are some people after him and he don't wanna go back with 'em."
There. That's the important stuff out of the way. He'll just give that a minute to sink in before he broaches the whole 'bees inside him' topic.
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Date: 2019-07-24 02:42 am (UTC)"Sounds like it'd be scary at first," he says of the bees. "But maybe once you get used to 'em it's like having family."
...living in you stomach? Well. It's not a perfect analogy, but he means it kindly.
Coming up to the porch, Cricket studies Forrest's expression. He looks as calm as ever, betraying almost nothing. And Cricket knows perfectly well Forrest wouldn't hurt him, but he's still pretty intimidating sometimes. He's more used to being in his presence with the buffer of Jack there, which helps because Jack Bondurant is always in trouble, and Cricket rarely is, so Forrest's skepticism is usually not directed at him.
But okay. He can handle this.
"This is Hugh, Forrest," he says. "I kinda found him in the woods this mornin'. Reckon I'm planning to take him in. Uh...have you heard of any strangers around here? 'Cause there are some people after him and he don't wanna go back with 'em."
There. That's the important stuff out of the way. He'll just give that a minute to sink in before he broaches the whole 'bees inside him' topic.