[ The store is overwhelming in a not-necessarily-bad kind of way, just bustling and busy the way you might expect from the holiday season in small town America. Ray has, by now, circled past sporting goods more than once to stare longingly at the gun counters, not because he's particularly a gun nut or anything, but having some line of defense against whatever reason (or organization) brought them here would certainly help him to sleep better at night.
Plus he's Southern, and deeply deeply rural Southern at that, so he was raised to have guns all up in the house, not even for "just in case" but for "just because."
Anyway, it doesn't matter. Ray doesn't have a job yet, so he doesn't have nearly enough to buy any of the models he's been eyeing (let alone can also shoot with just one arm), but that also goes for nearly everything he's been eyeing in the store tonight-- cruel fate really would land them here during Christmas with barely any money to his name.
As he passes by, sporting both cane and leg braces today (the cold makes it especially unpredictable), Polio dad gives Ray an odd knowing glance, one that Ray lacks any context for having not overheard much of his conversation. ]
What? [ He says a bit snappishly, before turning to stand in line behind Vasiliy to prove he belongs here as much as anyone else, muttering: ] Some people are just unbelievable.
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Plus he's Southern, and deeply deeply rural Southern at that, so he was raised to have guns all up in the house, not even for "just in case" but for "just because."
Anyway, it doesn't matter. Ray doesn't have a job yet, so he doesn't have nearly enough to buy any of the models he's been eyeing (let alone can also shoot with just one arm), but that also goes for nearly everything he's been eyeing in the store tonight-- cruel fate really would land them here during Christmas with barely any money to his name.
As he passes by, sporting both cane and leg braces today (the cold makes it especially unpredictable), Polio dad gives Ray an odd knowing glance, one that Ray lacks any context for having not overheard much of his conversation. ]
What? [ He says a bit snappishly, before turning to stand in line behind Vasiliy to prove he belongs here as much as anyone else, muttering: ] Some people are just unbelievable.