It's something that Ellie had only a basic grasp of back then, the idea that Joel would want to protect her from that. She'd grown up in a different world than he had, and protecting her innocence was a long-ago moot point to her fourteen year old self. Now, as an adult, she has a lot more perspective.
She had been innocent. It had been hard. But it had still been necessary, if she wanted to stay alive.
"Why didn't I hang back like he told me to. Lucky he didn't get his head blown off by a goddamn kid."
Ellie's voice goes lower, a little more gravelly, which gives those phrases the feeling of direct quotes. This is something that's stuck with her a long time.
"I told him that was bullshit, but. He didn't wanna talk. He just wanted to pretend it never happened."
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It's something that Ellie had only a basic grasp of back then, the idea that Joel would want to protect her from that. She'd grown up in a different world than he had, and protecting her innocence was a long-ago moot point to her fourteen year old self. Now, as an adult, she has a lot more perspective.
She had been innocent. It had been hard. But it had still been necessary, if she wanted to stay alive.
"Why didn't I hang back like he told me to. Lucky he didn't get his head blown off by a goddamn kid."
Ellie's voice goes lower, a little more gravelly, which gives those phrases the feeling of direct quotes. This is something that's stuck with her a long time.
"I told him that was bullshit, but. He didn't wanna talk. He just wanted to pretend it never happened."