[It's a pretty bad as far as things said in first meetings go. Carl keeps his head down and all for a moment before stepping to go, only stopping when the mutant teen says he doesn't have to. This surprises him and he turns his head at an awkward angle to back with his one eye.]
What? [He doesn't know if he quite heard all that correctly, but it wasn't hard to understand what he could piece together. Which is why his body language was that of surprise and a manner that could otherwise have asked "you're serious?"
Carl stands there, replays and soaks in everything he just heard.] Help you how? [And yeah, maybe... a part of him is up for that, too. Helping or watching or just giving their meeting a second chance would probably be better to try than walking off feeling weird and a little put out by the whole. At least on a subconscious level he feels that way.]
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What? [He doesn't know if he quite heard all that correctly, but it wasn't hard to understand what he could piece together. Which is why his body language was that of surprise and a manner that could otherwise have asked "you're serious?"
Carl stands there, replays and soaks in everything he just heard.] Help you how? [And yeah, maybe... a part of him is up for that, too. Helping or watching or just giving their meeting a second chance would probably be better to try than walking off feeling weird and a little put out by the whole. At least on a subconscious level he feels that way.]