"Yeah. Well, if Felicity is anything like me at that age... he hasn't really figured out people yet," says Corona. "The way he sees the world is - everything is dangerous, everything is going to hurt him, it's just a matter of when and how. You get so you don't even feel scared anymore, you don't notice it as a feeling, but even when you're not feeling it it's still there. Under everything. It's exhausting. Sometimes it's almost comforting to just sit there and feel it for a while, and sometimes it's the worst thing in the world and there's nothing you can do to get away from it."
He closes his eyes and leans into Queenie's arms.
"Like when I was in the sun," says Harley. "But with fear instead of pain."
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He closes his eyes and leans into Queenie's arms.
"Like when I was in the sun," says Harley. "But with fear instead of pain."
"Yeah," says Corona, "a lot like that."
Harley piles on to the Queenie-and-Corona hug.