[He pushes himself into sitting up, even though he's tired. It's an old impulse from the time before the island, from school and church and neatness, when attentiveness and posture were signs of respect. He doesn't realize he's doing it, because it feels so different when it's genuine. She understands.]
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[He pushes himself into sitting up, even though he's tired. It's an old impulse from the time before the island, from school and church and neatness, when attentiveness and posture were signs of respect. He doesn't realize he's doing it, because it feels so different when it's genuine. She understands.]
Tonight was my first change.
[Hence why he hasn't fed often already.]