[His words surprise her, and she stares across the room at him, stunned and silent, her hand paused halfway through another run of her hair while she listens. These are all things that she knew and things that she would agree with if she could find the right words to say right now, but it still surprises her anyway. She's hardly known Eustace to be very forthcoming with his thoughts or feelings, and even on the days when she could get a decent read on him, it was never one that could reach so deep to hear this.
It's the last part, however, that makes something lurch in her chest.]
Hurt?
[It's so tight that her controlled, steady voice almost cracks as she looks at him.]
Have you been afraid that you've hurt me since that night?
[Forget the drinks, forget whatever bad judgements they made... That's the last thing that she wants him to think.]
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It's the last part, however, that makes something lurch in her chest.]
Hurt?
[It's so tight that her controlled, steady voice almost cracks as she looks at him.]
Have you been afraid that you've hurt me since that night?
[Forget the drinks, forget whatever bad judgements they made... That's the last thing that she wants him to think.]