I figured as much. ( there's no answering prickliness from him because, despite her words, there's no edge of the words, no usual air of underlying sharpness. so, he doesn't respond in kind.
he can only assume she's seen something with those matches, something that's shaken her and him asking if she was okay shook it loose. )
Thank you for the warning nonetheless. ( he doesn't know if she'll feel that a genuine piece of gratitude but it is. ) Whatever happened you saw, I'm sorry about it.
( he's not so self absorbed to think it had been about him but it had been about something that had given her pause. )
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he can only assume she's seen something with those matches, something that's shaken her and him asking if she was okay shook it loose. )
Thank you for the warning nonetheless. ( he doesn't know if she'll feel that a genuine piece of gratitude but it is. ) Whatever happened you saw, I'm sorry about it.
( he's not so self absorbed to think it had been about him but it had been about something that had given her pause. )