He looked REALLY happy. Like, chemically-induced happy. Which made Jaye approach with even MORE caution than she would usually show towards Guy She Suspected Was Crazy Too. What was his name? Last name was easy-- SAM! There we go.
"Did you inhale something?" she asked, wandering closer, keeping her camera bag safe at her hip. "Or are you running from something?"
If it was a dinosaur, Jaye would take all the headstart she could get.
Sam processes where the voice is coming from and turns his attention towards her -- Jaye, isn't it? -- as he exhales shakily. "I'm running," he says, pointing out the obvious. "Endorphins make me happy."
"I'm alive, and that's all that matters," Sam informs Jaye, not that he really expects her to be able to translate from Sam-Tyler-ese to a normal English. "Some days, I didn't think I'd even be breathing by the time I was thirty-nine, so I'm glad to be wrong."
It wasn't all too often that Annie saw Sam looking so happy, and so she had to stop and stare from just outside the Compound for a moment, a bemused grin on her own face, arms folded over her chest. Finally, walked closer, kneeling down beside him. "Well, well, look who it is," she said slowly, unable to hide how pleased she was. "Looks like someone's having a good day."
"Easy," Annie cut in, though nearly laughing, reaching out to rest a hand on his shoulder as he sat up. "Deep breaths, alright?" For a moment, she just cast him a fond, bemused smile, but she bit her lip briefly before she spoke again, relaxing slightly. "So, what brought all this about?"
"The last time I ran," Sam says, licking his lips as he eases himself into a steady and deep breathing habit, "we were chasing a criminal. And I don't think that should be the only reason I ever get exercise anymore."
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"Did you inhale something?" she asked, wandering closer, keeping her camera bag safe at her hip. "Or are you running from something?"
If it was a dinosaur, Jaye would take all the headstart she could get.
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"Too much," she commented, still looking at him like he was a little crazy. Probably because he was, but not any more than her.
"I've never seen anyone actually LOOK that happy after exercise."
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