[For the first time since walking in here, he looks confused, not just resigned. Not that he wouldn't suggest it if he had the chance to go back, knowing what he didn't before, but... he remembers the day he left. Hell, it's one of the things he replays in his head every other night. It's only been a couple of years!
Next to something like that, the rest of the details should probably register a little more in comparison. Still, it's easier for him to avoid thinking about something overblown and missing from his memory altogether than about something minor that actively contradicts it...]
I don't...
[No, he has to get a grip. She looks younger than him, she's obviously met him - there's no other plausible explanation, right? And if he gives away the fact that he's not on top of this situation either, she'll just worry more.]
Hey, I just told you, didn't I? He's with me, he's fine. There's nothing else to say. [All the same, he can't help but hesitate for a moment before pushing on.] ...Did all of this happen while I was gone?
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[For the first time since walking in here, he looks confused, not just resigned. Not that he wouldn't suggest it if he had the chance to go back, knowing what he didn't before, but... he remembers the day he left. Hell, it's one of the things he replays in his head every other night. It's only been a couple of years!
Next to something like that, the rest of the details should probably register a little more in comparison. Still, it's easier for him to avoid thinking about something overblown and missing from his memory altogether than about something minor that actively contradicts it...]
I don't...
[No, he has to get a grip. She looks younger than him, she's obviously met him - there's no other plausible explanation, right? And if he gives away the fact that he's not on top of this situation either, she'll just worry more.]
Hey, I just told you, didn't I? He's with me, he's fine. There's nothing else to say. [All the same, he can't help but hesitate for a moment before pushing on.] ...Did all of this happen while I was gone?