[ He's rather awash within his own uncertainty at the moment, it's not that difficult to convince him that she's more sure of herself right now than she actually is. Which is, again, a good thing. One of them needs to be sure, or the spooked animal in the room is going to turn pink and flip out and run away. Sensing surety, even if it's false, is calming. It's grounding, and she is the way he grounds himself instinctively, so it works even better.
But that. He doesn't want to talk about that, and it's obvious from the way he shifts in the seat, slightly angled away from her, still looking down and everything else, after she finishes the sentence. He really doesn't want to talk about that, and he's fidgety, suddenly, slightly, and none of this does anything to prove that it's not in fact something that needs to be talked about. He mumbles a response, half lost before it gets to her because he's still looking anywhere but at her. ] Wasn't any different than normal. We've talked about it before. [ He thinks. Maybe they haven't and he's just assuming, because they've talked about other things he didn't want to talk about. ]
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But that. He doesn't want to talk about that, and it's obvious from the way he shifts in the seat, slightly angled away from her, still looking down and everything else, after she finishes the sentence. He really doesn't want to talk about that, and he's fidgety, suddenly, slightly, and none of this does anything to prove that it's not in fact something that needs to be talked about. He mumbles a response, half lost before it gets to her because he's still looking anywhere but at her. ] Wasn't any different than normal. We've talked about it before. [ He thinks. Maybe they haven't and he's just assuming, because they've talked about other things he didn't want to talk about. ]