[Blue gives Archie a distrustful look at that- isn't that the kind of thing adults say when they lie?- but he doesn't argue it.]
[Maybe the guy really was trying to help... But nothing would. Not anything that would give him what he really wanted or needed. Gramps wasn't here. But Red... Maybe Red.....]
[Blue nods sullenly. His stomach grumbles and he squirms, trying not to think about it. Whatever, he'll just sneak down there later, when the guy forgets about him again.]
...Yeah. Okay. [He mumbles, autopilot, like he's answering Daisy again. He had to think for a little while...]
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[Maybe the guy really was trying to help... But nothing would. Not anything that would give him what he really wanted or needed. Gramps wasn't here. But Red... Maybe Red.....]
[Blue nods sullenly. His stomach grumbles and he squirms, trying not to think about it. Whatever, he'll just sneak down there later, when the guy forgets about him again.]
...Yeah. Okay. [He mumbles, autopilot, like he's answering Daisy again. He had to think for a little while...]