[ john this is a weird position but okay. dave tenses then relaxes, still uncomfortable with his shades off but not immediately moving to shove them back on despite the impulse definitely existing. he barely thinks about the fact he wears them these days, but the second they're off it's hard to forget. ]

...Even if there had been that's kinda probably what I might have gone with, but like. Somehow I thought gettin' you not to look would make it better than making someone watch me let them kill me.

[ SORRY @ JADE................. ]