[There wasn't any point in asking if they were okay. If they wanted to talk about it. They weren't—and they didn't. Not right now. Humorous deflection when the event had long passed—wasn't that what she did, too?
It was, in its own way, a kind of coping.]
I'll have to take your word for it. Maybe I'll hold off for now. Keep you around for emergency rations.
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It was, in its own way, a kind of coping.]
I'll have to take your word for it. Maybe I'll hold off for now. Keep you around for emergency rations.