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we can wrap this up here soon

Although explained away as his inability to retreat, he was no less confused by it all. He felt more awkward then than before, stumbling over words to past the time and eventually settling on silence. But the second they could part he was taking a step away, momentarily distancing himself—as if the distance would somehow grant him all the knowledge in the world. But, obviously, it could not and therefore did not.

But there was hardly a minute available to be wasted overthinking such things. Rather, he found himself taken off-guard by her comment—“A-Again?” he questioned, nerves gradually building right back up again. “How many times to make sure…?”