[ Captain Trips, yeah, that was it – only her reaction wipes the relieved little grin off his face pretty goddamn quick. Maybe he should have seen it coming – wherever they came from, it wasn't the same place at all, so for him to know has to be something of a shock. But the problem is, he's not sure how to explain without sounding goddamn crazy. ]
Lucky guess?
[ It won't settle with her. More to the point, he figures she deserves better than a half-baked joke. If there's one thing that really gets his goat, it's people who know more than him and refuse to share the joy.
Eddie sighs. ]
It's a long story. Real fuckin' long. A lot of it don't matter, and I know you're gonna hate to hear that but it really don't, not for now. But I think me and my friends – before I came here, I mean – were in your world. We came through a... Ah, fuck, it don't matter. We were in one place and then we were in Kansas. Topeka. It was empty as all hell, just dead bodies every now and then. We found a newspaper. That's what they said it was called, Captain Trips. We were just passing through.
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Lucky guess?
[ It won't settle with her. More to the point, he figures she deserves better than a half-baked joke. If there's one thing that really gets his goat, it's people who know more than him and refuse to share the joy.
Eddie sighs. ]
It's a long story. Real fuckin' long. A lot of it don't matter, and I know you're gonna hate to hear that but it really don't, not for now. But I think me and my friends – before I came here, I mean – were in your world. We came through a... Ah, fuck, it don't matter. We were in one place and then we were in Kansas. Topeka. It was empty as all hell, just dead bodies every now and then. We found a newspaper. That's what they said it was called, Captain Trips. We were just passing through.