[But you have no reason to be concerned for me rather than about me, he doesn't snap back irritably in the space he allows Stephen to fill with... he isn't sure. It isn't outright deflection? But it is all information he feels fairly certain is just... obvious. There's very little vulnerability opened up for him to jab at in all this.
But...]
It's important to you. Isn't it. Maintaining this... detachment of yours. This distance.
no subject
But...]
It's important to you. Isn't it. Maintaining this... detachment of yours. This distance.