[if she hadn't already run into someone she knew in another world, seeing Arthur when she's tipsy might well have been the thing to push Amanda to actually crying finally. But seeing Kavinsky shortly after she arrived and living with him to boot--and she's still debating how smart that decision was--has reinforced some of the emotional barriers she'd worked pretty hard to build as a teenager.
Those barriers don't keep her from grinning widely, though]
Arthur! God, yeah, same here I--I'm glad you're all right.
[it's pathetic, and she curses her awkwardness around touching for an instant--she would have thrown her arms around Nick without a moment of hesitation, she knows--but she also knows she's still shellshocked. She's done trauma before, even if it is basically a lifetime back]
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Those barriers don't keep her from grinning widely, though]
Arthur! God, yeah, same here I--I'm glad you're all right.
[it's pathetic, and she curses her awkwardness around touching for an instant--she would have thrown her arms around Nick without a moment of hesitation, she knows--but she also knows she's still shellshocked. She's done trauma before, even if it is basically a lifetime back]
I'm guessing you're as lost as I am?