There was a small secret Pokey kept, had managed to keep to himself despite all the towns attempts to drag everything out of him. Even despite his confession on Valentine's Day, there was one last little thing. And that's that whenever the time for new people to arrive in town rolled around, he'd keep an ear on the phones. Just keep listening in the off chance that someone he knew that had gotten taken away would call back, would show up again. And he would ignore the call, or just be the sardonic asshole he usually was and hide any happiness he had that someone he cared about was back.
He's got to say. You're the last person he ever thought he'd hear back from Frances. And hearing you shouting over the phone just roots him in place. Someone could break into his house right now and he wouldn't care. The very foundation could begin to shake, and crack, and tear itself apart around him, threatening to bury him under debris and he wouldn't even begin to notice. He's just standing there, deadlocked in thought and feelings and not really sure what he's supposed to do.]
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There was a small secret Pokey kept, had managed to keep to himself despite all the towns attempts to drag everything out of him. Even despite his confession on Valentine's Day, there was one last little thing. And that's that whenever the time for new people to arrive in town rolled around, he'd keep an ear on the phones. Just keep listening in the off chance that someone he knew that had gotten taken away would call back, would show up again. And he would ignore the call, or just be the sardonic asshole he usually was and hide any happiness he had that someone he cared about was back.
He's got to say. You're the last person he ever thought he'd hear back from Frances. And hearing you shouting over the phone just roots him in place. Someone could break into his house right now and he wouldn't care. The very foundation could begin to shake, and crack, and tear itself apart around him, threatening to bury him under debris and he wouldn't even begin to notice. He's just standing there, deadlocked in thought and feelings and not really sure what he's supposed to do.]