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Elliot sighed at the sudden hostility. Surely Lonnie hadn't completely meant it as any rude remark specifically toward him, but he did feel a bit attacked. He was fully aware that he was weird, odd, and awkward, and embraced it rather than acted afraid of it. He may not enjoy being strange but at least he could accept it. 

Elliot, while being more of a loner, knew many other photographers. He had never met a single extrovertive photographer in his life, and did know where Lonnie was coming from. But what clearly had not occurred to Lonnie was that fact that they were actually very nice people, some even the kindest he'd ever met before in his entire life.

[color=6b3f07]"You shouldn't have anything weird to deal with,"[/color] Elliot spoke quietly, but confidently. [color=6b3f07]"Unless, of course, you count me. Yeah, I do take pictures. Yeah, I'll be joining that club. Thanks for informing me about that, actually, didn't even know it existed. Anyway, nobody takes picture of sleeping people, you don't need to worry about it, but I'll tell you now, my part of the room is gonna be covered head to toe with 'pics'."[/color]

Elliot was surprised by his own fiercness in his words, but he made a failed attempt not to show it. He felt like apologizing, but managed to keep at least that much down.