[He can feel the flinch before he sees it, and glances over at her to see her eyes closed, face tense. That's some shit luck, he didn't mean to bring up anything painful for her as well in saying that, but he's gone and done it. His lips press thin and he reaches up to settle a hand on one of hers.]
So here we are, eager to help, and good at it, too.
[There are problems with this argument also, of course, but rather than launching into how much trust they should or should not grant their hosts straight away, he wants to make sure Clara is hanging in there after what he said earlier. Doesn't feel right to continue on ahead theorizing if she's hurting. His eyes are on her still, sympathetic.]
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So here we are, eager to help, and good at it, too.
[There are problems with this argument also, of course, but rather than launching into how much trust they should or should not grant their hosts straight away, he wants to make sure Clara is hanging in there after what he said earlier. Doesn't feel right to continue on ahead theorizing if she's hurting. His eyes are on her still, sympathetic.]