She doesn't know what she was hoping for, but it wasn't all of this. Maybe she'd been hoping he'd trip up, get defensive and angry, stand up and start pacing like almost every grownup she knows and give her some sort of ammunition to lose her temper on him. But he stays as calm and fucking earnest as ever, stammering less than before, like he'd found his footing at last. And even though trying to explain the difference between The Eye Man an the man behind The Eye Man is like trying to explain the difference between The Grabber and the man that kidnapped Finney — Gwenny will always believe that they're the same — this is still more reassuring than anything Martin's said before. Because it's honest, even if it isn't gentle. It doesn't have to be gentle. Gwenny doesn't want to be talked to like a kid. In a lot of ways, she hasn't been a kid in a long time.
The revelation that Martin is boyfriends with The Eye Man, though, that makes Gwenny's eyes go a little wider. She shifts in place, worried suddenly that she might have said something out of pocket during their conversation so far. Whether or not Martin is trustworthy, whether or not he's, he's dating The Eye Man, Gwenny isn't going to be hurtful about something he can't control. And she's never thought that that is something someone can control.
She thinks about Finney and Donna, how he got all blushy and embarrassed and squeaky-voiced when Gwenny teased him about liking her. She thinks about how relaxed and easy his shoulders got when Robin was around, the trusting look in his eyes because he knew, no matter how tough and strong Robin Arellano was, he'd never hurt Finney, ever. She thinks about those bullies she'd jumped when they'd cornered him, the way they're always calling him a girl and saying he's a Nancy and a fudgepacker and a f— She's always wondered if there's been some shred of truth to it, like maybe he could half-like boys and half-like girls. But when she thinks about all of those things, she can't, not even with the most imaginative, wild part of her mind, picture Martin and The Eye Man looking the way Finney looks when he's teased about Donna.
"Oh," she says, realizing she should at least say something. "N-no, you don't have to leave. I just... Really? Him?" Maybe that's not the most important thing he's said, here, but... Really?
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The revelation that Martin is boyfriends with The Eye Man, though, that makes Gwenny's eyes go a little wider. She shifts in place, worried suddenly that she might have said something out of pocket during their conversation so far. Whether or not Martin is trustworthy, whether or not he's, he's dating The Eye Man, Gwenny isn't going to be hurtful about something he can't control. And she's never thought that that is something someone can control.
She thinks about Finney and Donna, how he got all blushy and embarrassed and squeaky-voiced when Gwenny teased him about liking her. She thinks about how relaxed and easy his shoulders got when Robin was around, the trusting look in his eyes because he knew, no matter how tough and strong Robin Arellano was, he'd never hurt Finney, ever. She thinks about those bullies she'd jumped when they'd cornered him, the way they're always calling him a girl and saying he's a Nancy and a fudgepacker and a f— She's always wondered if there's been some shred of truth to it, like maybe he could half-like boys and half-like girls. But when she thinks about all of those things, she can't, not even with the most imaginative, wild part of her mind, picture Martin and The Eye Man looking the way Finney looks when he's teased about Donna.
"Oh," she says, realizing she should at least say something. "N-no, you don't have to leave. I just... Really? Him?" Maybe that's not the most important thing he's said, here, but... Really?