[ he figured she'd know him, because Eustace has given Johnny the impression that he's the type of busybody who would immediately start looking after Gray. Smugly, he notes that it sounds like he was right. Johnny doesn't trust Eustace farther than he could throw him, but at least there's someone over who sort of cares about Gray - he can tell she thinks highly of him, anyway, which is a point in his direction.
What he wasn't expecting was for Gray to say he's cool?! He's very genuinely bewildered by that sentiment - enough that he's willing to overlook the comparison to Eustace, which irritates him for some reason. ]
Cool? [ if it came from anyone else, he'd assume he was being made fun of. ] Hah... First time I've heard that in a couple years. You're weird.
[ dismissive, but not unkind... he seems tickled. ]
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What he wasn't expecting was for Gray to say he's cool?! He's very genuinely bewildered by that sentiment - enough that he's willing to overlook the comparison to Eustace, which irritates him for some reason. ]
Cool? [ if it came from anyone else, he'd assume he was being made fun of. ] Hah... First time I've heard that in a couple years. You're weird.
[ dismissive, but not unkind... he seems tickled. ]
You must've really hated that lady's sculptures.