"You didn't," Abby says quickly. "It's not the questions, I'm—" just an asshole. She kneads the sore bit between her neck and shoulder with the palm of her free hand, allowing herself a moment to let that knee-jerk reaction slip away.
It does.
"... I'm not used to this." Which has to be more than obvious. Hopefully it's also obvious that she's trying, here. She says, "I like questions." And that is true.
"Before I came here, I was traveling with a kid. He asked me lots of questions. Like, most of the time. It got kinda hard to shut him up."
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Date: 2024-02-03 09:02 am (UTC)"You didn't," Abby says quickly. "It's not the questions, I'm—" just an asshole. She kneads the sore bit between her neck and shoulder with the palm of her free hand, allowing herself a moment to let that knee-jerk reaction slip away.
It does.
"... I'm not used to this." Which has to be more than obvious. Hopefully it's also obvious that she's trying, here. She says, "I like questions." And that is true.
"Before I came here, I was traveling with a kid. He asked me lots of questions. Like, most of the time. It got kinda hard to shut him up."