"I like her, too," Joel answers, glancing briefly in the direction she's gone before he returns his attention to Spencer. There's something about the no-nonsense and matter of fact way she speaks to the both of them that he appreciates, but at the same time that she's giving them a hard time, Joel can feel the affection under her words and he knows she wants them to do well. She doesn't want to see them here anymore because she wants them to be safe and Joel knows it's at least partly due to her job that she feels this way, but there's a sincerity that resonates from her, like something he can feel. Almost something he can see.
"Oh, my god," he murmurs after a moment, watching Nora's progression down the hall. He can see it. He can see it without even trying. She's just there, the energy that makes her up, it trails after her in little sparks and lights, and Joel isn't even making the effort to look for it. Looking over at Spencer shows the same thing. It's faint, barely there at all, but Joel can see it. The yellow light that encircles Spencer, the darker light around his injured shoulder.
And the energy that links them. Joel looks down and he can see it just like he can see everything else. It's faint, but it's there and he surprises himself with a delighted laugh that causes a burst of pain through his torso. It's the strongest these things have ever been without him trying to see them and he's beginning to realize more and more just how much things are going to change from here on.
"Spencer, I can see it all," he murmurs, reaching his hand out toward his husband. "Energies, all of that stuff I could see before, but had to try to find. It's all just right here now. It's faint, but it's here." Even the machines have some kind of energy hovering around them and Joel blinks, staring at them, trying to take them in. They're beautiful in their own way, but they're not beautiful like Spencer.
"Sorry, I got distracted," he says with a huff of laughter. "I just... I've always had to work at it. I've had to let myself stop looking and lose focus and even then things were often blurry and hard to see, but everything is so clear now."
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"Oh, my god," he murmurs after a moment, watching Nora's progression down the hall. He can see it. He can see it without even trying. She's just there, the energy that makes her up, it trails after her in little sparks and lights, and Joel isn't even making the effort to look for it. Looking over at Spencer shows the same thing. It's faint, barely there at all, but Joel can see it. The yellow light that encircles Spencer, the darker light around his injured shoulder.
And the energy that links them. Joel looks down and he can see it just like he can see everything else. It's faint, but it's there and he surprises himself with a delighted laugh that causes a burst of pain through his torso. It's the strongest these things have ever been without him trying to see them and he's beginning to realize more and more just how much things are going to change from here on.
"Spencer, I can see it all," he murmurs, reaching his hand out toward his husband. "Energies, all of that stuff I could see before, but had to try to find. It's all just right here now. It's faint, but it's here." Even the machines have some kind of energy hovering around them and Joel blinks, staring at them, trying to take them in. They're beautiful in their own way, but they're not beautiful like Spencer.
"Sorry, I got distracted," he says with a huff of laughter. "I just... I've always had to work at it. I've had to let myself stop looking and lose focus and even then things were often blurry and hard to see, but everything is so clear now."