[ he recognises the voice, of course — had guessed who it might belong to the moment he'd heard the cane, because no one else with one would have any reason to stop by him.
he huffs out something like a laugh at that idea, and without opening his eyes, he lifts his hand to flip him off. sure, he has no way of knowing if this particular hand gesture is in use where oleander comes from, but he figures he'll get the gist of it, anyways.
still, eventually he does lift his head, his intent to ask if oleander is doing alright — he's not entirely sure where exactly he's staying, and so no way of knowing if he's also subject to having lost his house, or anything else... but before he has the chance, his eyes land on the water bottle.
and though there's an instinct to say something else, first, he looks from the bottle to oleander and sighs, ] Thanks.
[ and then, taking the bottle, ] I almost told you that this should be saved for people who've been affected by all this shit, been hurt or lost their home or whatnot. But then I realised I am one of them. [ ha ha. don't mind him just opening the bottle and drinking like, half of it in one go. ]
the way i had to google the reference because i have in fact never seen scrubs--
he huffs out something like a laugh at that idea, and without opening his eyes, he lifts his hand to flip him off. sure, he has no way of knowing if this particular hand gesture is in use where oleander comes from, but he figures he'll get the gist of it, anyways.
still, eventually he does lift his head, his intent to ask if oleander is doing alright — he's not entirely sure where exactly he's staying, and so no way of knowing if he's also subject to having lost his house, or anything else... but before he has the chance, his eyes land on the water bottle.
and though there's an instinct to say something else, first, he looks from the bottle to oleander and sighs, ] Thanks.
[ and then, taking the bottle, ] I almost told you that this should be saved for people who've been affected by all this shit, been hurt or lost their home or whatnot. But then I realised I am one of them. [ ha ha. don't mind him just opening the bottle and drinking like, half of it in one go. ]