[ It's easier if he keeps framing as an interview, but it's not about that. He can't work without his laptop and its notes and recordings. Maybe, sure, he could get the rest of the story down here, ready for when he's reunited with his stuff, but it's kinda stupid, and he knows it is, to proceed. Without preparation, without the safety of their routine. Part of why he prefers to talk in a subject's own space is because they're more willing to be vulnerable when they think they have everything around them under their control. That's not gonna be the case here.
And yet. ]
Yeah, me too. You know, I've got some hazy memories of my own I'd like some help clarifying.
[ He stubs out his own cigarette hard. Dares to knock his shoulder very lightly, just a brush, against Louis'. ]
no subject
[ It's easier if he keeps framing as an interview, but it's not about that. He can't work without his laptop and its notes and recordings. Maybe, sure, he could get the rest of the story down here, ready for when he's reunited with his stuff, but it's kinda stupid, and he knows it is, to proceed. Without preparation, without the safety of their routine. Part of why he prefers to talk in a subject's own space is because they're more willing to be vulnerable when they think they have everything around them under their control. That's not gonna be the case here.
And yet. ]
Yeah, me too. You know, I've got some hazy memories of my own I'd like some help clarifying.
[ He stubs out his own cigarette hard. Dares to knock his shoulder very lightly, just a brush, against Louis'. ]
We'll get there.
[ Old men on that odyssey together. ]