[ Ouch. Yes, and? So what? That's withering, and a lot more bitter of a response than he was expecting. Did he say something to make her defensive...?
No, she didn't let anything slip with her expression, her poker face is intact well enough that he wouldn't even think of it as one. But that's too biting a response for there not to be a reason for it. Especially when she... doesn't actually seem to be disagreeing with him (which is what he expected, or for her to stare at him like he was an idiot, he's just used to that), in fact she's agreeing to most of it but still seems kind of mad...?
???
He blinks, a corner of his mouth twitching in a bemused sort of smile, and he would almost point that out and ask her why that is except he has thankfully far more savvy and mannered than that. At least with girls and people who don't irritate him.
He also didn't miss that she brought up war, even if he mentioned fighting, and that is a very particular thing to bring up. Someone who's directly caught up in it—which is also not something he expected. ]
That would be nice to believe... [ He says it gently and diplomatically, "but that isn't something I can risk believing" hinges in his tone. Not without wholly concrete proof, and maybe not even then. That just isn't who he is as a person, laying back and passively accepting something. He does genuinely mean what he says though, his tone is as warm as it is a practiced diplomacy and not a contrary sass at all.
It's all a moot point anyway, without a clear direction or idea about how to go about returning. Until then, it doesn't really change much.
Other than it might be a nice mirage to believe, if troublesome. ]
I hope that's true and that everyone will be there waiting for you when you return.
[ With just as much warmth and sincerity. And with leaving himself and his own situation out of the implication entirely. ]
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No, she didn't let anything slip with her expression, her poker face is intact well enough that he wouldn't even think of it as one. But that's too biting a response for there not to be a reason for it. Especially when she... doesn't actually seem to be disagreeing with him (which is what he expected, or for her to stare at him like he was an idiot, he's just used to that), in fact she's agreeing to most of it but still seems kind of mad...?
???
He blinks, a corner of his mouth twitching in a bemused sort of smile, and he would almost point that out and ask her why that is except he has thankfully far more savvy and mannered than that. At least with girls and people who don't irritate him.
He also didn't miss that she brought up war, even if he mentioned fighting, and that is a very particular thing to bring up. Someone who's directly caught up in it—which is also not something he expected. ]
That would be nice to believe... [ He says it gently and diplomatically, "but that isn't something I can risk believing" hinges in his tone. Not without wholly concrete proof, and maybe not even then. That just isn't who he is as a person, laying back and passively accepting something. He does genuinely mean what he says though, his tone is as warm as it is a practiced diplomacy and not a contrary sass at all.
It's all a moot point anyway, without a clear direction or idea about how to go about returning. Until then, it doesn't really change much.
Other than it might be a nice mirage to believe, if troublesome. ]
I hope that's true and that everyone will be there waiting for you when you return.
[ With just as much warmth and sincerity. And with leaving himself and his own situation out of the implication entirely. ]