She grins at Hopper's tease; he seems very good-humored. But it's that look, exchanged between herself and Beverly, that does more to ease Eponine's worry than any of the benign conversation and strangely easy domestic situation than anything. And that look says too that they can keep each other's secrets. It's good.
She takes another, hungry bite of her sandwich, much easier to eat now that she feels more at ease about Beverly, while she talks, and takes a drink, chuckling. "No blood in the showers," she ticks off on her fingers, "no bugs, no haunted basement...And a room to yourself, even! I think you might have work on your hands if you were to try and make Bev complain, Monsieur Hopper. The Children's Home needs some upkeep." She says it cheerily as though that's all it needs. If Beverly's mentioned the blood in the showers, then Hopper is trustworthy with the odd things, too, but he might not be altogether on board with Marcus' idea that someone is possessed, for instance, and she doesn't want herself or Bev put in the position of a safe adult thinking she's crazy.
"What's bowling?" she asks, then, tipping her head.
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She takes another, hungry bite of her sandwich, much easier to eat now that she feels more at ease about Beverly, while she talks, and takes a drink, chuckling. "No blood in the showers," she ticks off on her fingers, "no bugs, no haunted basement...And a room to yourself, even! I think you might have work on your hands if you were to try and make Bev complain, Monsieur Hopper. The Children's Home needs some upkeep." She says it cheerily as though that's all it needs. If Beverly's mentioned the blood in the showers, then Hopper is trustworthy with the odd things, too, but he might not be altogether on board with Marcus' idea that someone is possessed, for instance, and she doesn't want herself or Bev put in the position of a safe adult thinking she's crazy.
"What's bowling?" she asks, then, tipping her head.