His face scrunches up. "I dunno. Trees?"
...You like trees...
He leans out of your booth and wanders off to the trailing train car. You don't mind that one bit, though it means you're left in nervous silence again. What if Penny doesn't like me?, you think. What if she never forgives me? Do I go back to The City and curl up in a corner and—
You can't go back. You're lucky you were even able to scrounge up the money to get here, being some mangy, unhireable kid.
You hate it. You hate it a lot. But you gotta keep going. You're still young. Maybe a little unwell, but young. You wanna get better.
"Now arriving at: Apricot Bay," goes the robot voice over the speakers of the train car.