[ He doesn't expect Len to believe him. He's known him long enough to know he has an acute sense for bullshit, and it's been honed on far better liars than Arcade Gannon (who does not excel at this, even at the best of times). What he does expect, though, is for Len to leave it. There are bound to be more questions, sure, and Arcade won't even complain when he becomes de facto tour guide, anyway. But the questions won't be about him, and maybe not even about the grim inevitability of their now-shared fate. Len is too practical for that.
The pat makes him flinch, but that's not even far out of the norm, for Arcade. He doesn't otherwise react, turning to follow Len with his gaze as he attempts to orient himself to the new state of things - not for the first time, today, unfortunately.
But not all the news is bad. ]
Actually, there is. There's plenty to eat, here, too. Clean water. Actual beds - which is sort of amazing, really.
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The pat makes him flinch, but that's not even far out of the norm, for Arcade. He doesn't otherwise react, turning to follow Len with his gaze as he attempts to orient himself to the new state of things - not for the first time, today, unfortunately.
But not all the news is bad. ]
Actually, there is. There's plenty to eat, here, too. Clean water. Actual beds - which is sort of amazing, really.