[ a hum - but he doesn't sound entirely defeated. Not knowing isn't the same as not being able to find out. Johnny's well aware that the four leaders don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of everything happening here. He is about to ask what she means by "what you're made of," but relents to answer her question first. ]
No. I mean, that girl, Jinx, but everyone knows that... [ sigh. ] There's - someone back home that I'm worried about. H-he's not dead or nothing! I mean... I don't know. I don't think he is. But it looked bad.
[ Johnny's tone is that of a man who has convinced himself to believe something other than the obvious truth. His friend is dead, or dying, and he knows that somewhere inside, but he doesn't want to say it out loud. If he does, then Johnny's sure he'll really die, and it'll be his fault. ]
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[ a hum - but he doesn't sound entirely defeated. Not knowing isn't the same as not being able to find out. Johnny's well aware that the four leaders don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of everything happening here. He is about to ask what she means by "what you're made of," but relents to answer her question first. ]
No. I mean, that girl, Jinx, but everyone knows that... [ sigh. ] There's - someone back home that I'm worried about. H-he's not dead or nothing! I mean... I don't know. I don't think he is. But it looked bad.
[ Johnny's tone is that of a man who has convinced himself to believe something other than the obvious truth. His friend is dead, or dying, and he knows that somewhere inside, but he doesn't want to say it out loud. If he does, then Johnny's sure he'll really die, and it'll be his fault. ]
I'd do anything. If there's a chance...