[So worried she doesn't know what else to do but hate, huh. That's familiar. Way, way too familiar.
Hopefully the way he slumps at her words reads as relief and not total despair. His hair's hiding most of his face, at least.]
Yeah, I... I get that, I really do.
[Of course, he's done exactly what he figured she did not even that long ago, responded to something not actually said. But he doesn't realize that... just that her eyes looked flat when she said what she just did. None of that spark he's come to know, just... dull. Defeated, maybe?]
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Hopefully the way he slumps at her words reads as relief and not total despair. His hair's hiding most of his face, at least.]
Yeah, I... I get that, I really do.
[Of course, he's done exactly what he figured she did not even that long ago, responded to something not actually said. But he doesn't realize that... just that her eyes looked flat when she said what she just did. None of that spark he's come to know, just... dull. Defeated, maybe?]