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Howl could see how she had been offended by his words and he felt bad about it. His shock at the question had been proceeved in an offensive way and he seeked to change that. She was still young and he didn't want to explain the true reasons as to why he had acted in such a way. So he tried to play it cool and be funny about it.

"Hmmm" he said in a very exagerated manor. "You know what?" he said, speaking as though he had to rethink his answer as to whether or not they were actually related. "On second thought. It's possible." even though he didn't believe it was there was a slight chance they were related, with how many realationships he had had in the past. "So you might not have any choice really." he said wondering if his words would be enticing enough to stear her back in his direction.