[He doesn't know what he was expecting, of course she'd ask; anyone would at a comment like that. Maybe, he wonders briefly, he subconsciously wants to talk about it, but then the rest of him says absolutely not and he shuts that thought down immediately.
So he gives a small shrug, shaking his head a little and answering truthfully but distantly, in a way he hopes gives enough of an answer for her to be satisfied without inviting more questions.]
I mean it could've been worse.
[The implication is probably clear, and so is that he doesn't really want to talk about it, but he also soon shifts the subject to something safer--]
The city is kind of a mess, and it's... Pretty much empty, so no public transportation. It'll take awhile to get back to the apartment.
no subject
So he gives a small shrug, shaking his head a little and answering truthfully but distantly, in a way he hopes gives enough of an answer for her to be satisfied without inviting more questions.]
I mean it could've been worse.
[The implication is probably clear, and so is that he doesn't really want to talk about it, but he also soon shifts the subject to something safer--]
The city is kind of a mess, and it's... Pretty much empty, so no public transportation. It'll take awhile to get back to the apartment.
[So they should get going.]