[ The irony is that Tyler's gawping at the request provides the exact opening - literally - that the stranger had demanded. Perhaps the shock at being asked something that is, in Tyler's brain, indecent given their lack of clothes and his lack of trust will eventually abate.
The discomfort sits under his skin, not like a foreign object but as an old adversary Tyler knows very well. He hasn't had anybody see him naked this close up ever. Least a stranger with some messed up demands and a makeshift weapon. ]
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[ The irony is that Tyler's gawping at the request provides the exact opening - literally - that the stranger had demanded. Perhaps the shock at being asked something that is, in Tyler's brain, indecent given their lack of clothes and his lack of trust will eventually abate.
The discomfort sits under his skin, not like a foreign object but as an old adversary Tyler knows very well. He hasn't had anybody see him naked this close up ever. Least a stranger with some messed up demands and a makeshift weapon. ]