[It's not very hard to tell that he stepped on the mine, by the way she's preactically escaping. It hadn't been his intention to scare her off and he doesn't want her to think she needs to tell him something, she doesn't want to.]
You know... I haven't ssen him for 12 years.
[He says, thinking it might make her feel better to know, that someone else had troubles in the family as well. He has no idea what her problem with her father was, but he knew it helped to know you weren't the only one.]
And I plan to keep it that way.
[He hadn't forgiven the man yet.
He looks ahead. The tower is just down the hall and there's no one out. It seems safe and he doesn't want to impose himself on her, if she feels uncomfortable, or would rather prefer privacy. They have already passed his turn, he'd have to go back either way.]
You'll be okay?
[He choses his words deliberately, letting her know it's okay, if she wants to walk alone, and also asking if she would be alright, after their conversation took an apparent turn.]
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You know... I haven't ssen him for 12 years.
[He says, thinking it might make her feel better to know, that someone else had troubles in the family as well. He has no idea what her problem with her father was, but he knew it helped to know you weren't the only one.]
And I plan to keep it that way.
[He hadn't forgiven the man yet.
He looks ahead. The tower is just down the hall and there's no one out. It seems safe and he doesn't want to impose himself on her, if she feels uncomfortable, or would rather prefer privacy. They have already passed his turn, he'd have to go back either way.]
You'll be okay?
[He choses his words deliberately, letting her know it's okay, if she wants to walk alone, and also asking if she would be alright, after their conversation took an apparent turn.]