[ Aaron is quiet, the cigarette still burning in his hands and he isn't giving it much thought. The taste of the cracker dust is still in his mouth, the affects it has on him not as intense, it wasn't the amount he'd usually have but it was enough. His throat is burning and he doesn't know how to answer any of it.

He watches his body movements, and he even now doesn't really know what they all mean, not really. If they had grown up together would he understand more? His fingers tremble a little and tighten on the cigarette and he paces a couple of steps pressing it to his lips, a long drag, holding and then a long exhale. ]

Are you going to give up Axel back at Palmetto? [ Aaron finds that perplexing if they only hiatus the deal then is Andrew only temporarily with Axel? Is that something with an expiration date. He doesn't understand it at all. ]

It feels like you're trying to make me choose between sticking with you and having anything for myself. [ Aaron murmurs. He's not sure what he's thinking when he presses the cigarette butt against his palm but he savors that quick burn before flicking the butt in Andrew's direction, clenching his palm. Maybe, that's the first outward sign of how fractured Aaron's state of mind actually is. ]

If you made me choose, I'd choose you, for the record. Every time. [ He presses his lips together. ] He's nothing.