[The softest of laughs, more an ironic sound than anything.] I think by seeing it he put it there to begin with. [He looks at her.] I don't mind.
[He does not stop looking at her, now, seeing how drawn she is. He wonders now if he mis-stepped, spoke too much and too close to home. He knows she has been through much, though he knows no details, and if he just blind-sided her with anything he's going to feel like an enormous jerk. Softly, he places a hand beside hers, asking permission, reminded very keenly of those ten days during which he had never been as close with anyone as he was with her. Twins. He speaks almost in a whisper.]
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[He does not stop looking at her, now, seeing how drawn she is. He wonders now if he mis-stepped, spoke too much and too close to home. He knows she has been through much, though he knows no details, and if he just blind-sided her with anything he's going to feel like an enormous jerk. Softly, he places a hand beside hers, asking permission, reminded very keenly of those ten days during which he had never been as close with anyone as he was with her. Twins. He speaks almost in a whisper.]
Jilly?