[The relief he felt when Jack sat up and responded was completely counter-intuitive, or maybe it would be for Jack. Eugene felt a little dizzy with the relief, even if he knew this wasn't the end of it.]
Yeah, just-- stay up, stay sitting up and don't sleep or I'll hit you.
[He couldn't sound completely angry, and the improvement gave him some confidence to let Jack out of his sight while he opened the back door and rifled through the footspace to find their petrol container. Haulign that out, he spared Jack one last glance before heading to refill the tank.
This in itself wasn't without some risk-- still out of range of anyone nearby and without much in the way of protection, they were sitting ducks like this. It was that which prompted him to lean his hip against the car as he poured the gas into it.]
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Yeah, just-- stay up, stay sitting up and don't sleep or I'll hit you.
[He couldn't sound completely angry, and the improvement gave him some confidence to let Jack out of his sight while he opened the back door and rifled through the footspace to find their petrol container. Haulign that out, he spared Jack one last glance before heading to refill the tank.
This in itself wasn't without some risk-- still out of range of anyone nearby and without much in the way of protection, they were sitting ducks like this. It was that which prompted him to lean his hip against the car as he poured the gas into it.]