[Maybe that's the problem. Maybe Mike had to actively feel like someone new needed his help before he'd be nice to them. And Max is just too damned independent to ever admit she might need help. In which case, they're probably going to stay - not enemies, but not friends either. Acquaintances. Chilly acquaintances.]
It's fine. It's not that big of a deal. [She doesn't need Mike's friendship.]
Me either. Lucas and Dustin told me a little but there wasn't really time to learn much about it with everything going on back home.
Yeah, that's Steve.
[And that's why she trusts him. Hard not to trust someone who saves your life, even if it's a very fragile kind of trust because she doesn't really know him.]
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It's fine. It's not that big of a deal. [She doesn't need Mike's friendship.]
Me either. Lucas and Dustin told me a little but there wasn't really time to learn much about it with everything going on back home.
Yeah, that's Steve.
[And that's why she trusts him. Hard not to trust someone who saves your life, even if it's a very fragile kind of trust because she doesn't really know him.]