[Eddie veered off, creating an acute angle of space between them. His eyes scoured the floor, the corners, the shadows under debris; all the places where essential fluids or nutrients could have been dropped, or hidden.]

He knows your invulnerable, right? A fellow like him, he's probably suffered an insufferable amount of loss. It might be easier for him to push away, rather than lose someone he emotionally connects with even once more. Brute on the outside, delicate flower within.

[He toed over some debris, bending over to grasp at a lone fiber bar. Still wrapped.]

Found something. In case either of us was constipated, I suppose.