[ He doesn't know if he agrees that he got through it. He'd left something of himself behind today, he just knows he won't know quite what for a little while. He might be great at reading others, but he's never been good at turning that same skill on himself.
But the name makes him grunt, a sound halfway between irritated and embarrassed. ]
Don't start with that again.
[ It stings a little, that she would use that little nickname she'd given him when things were at their very easiest. When they were still a little closer to who they'd been than the people they'd become.
But he's trying not to think about that here, so he forces himself to give her a half-smirk. ]
What d'you think I came here for? You're the one askin' all the questions.
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[ He doesn't know if he agrees that he got through it. He'd left something of himself behind today, he just knows he won't know quite what for a little while. He might be great at reading others, but he's never been good at turning that same skill on himself.
But the name makes him grunt, a sound halfway between irritated and embarrassed. ]
Don't start with that again.
[ It stings a little, that she would use that little nickname she'd given him when things were at their very easiest. When they were still a little closer to who they'd been than the people they'd become.
But he's trying not to think about that here, so he forces himself to give her a half-smirk. ]
What d'you think I came here for? You're the one askin' all the questions.