[ Seeing him relax makes Bill feel a little better. The bluntness of his words is hardly noticed, given how often he speaks in short sentences himself just to make things easier. He gets it better than anyone, clearly, and he nods at the introduction. ]
Bill.
[ Seeing him back up means they'd done something to help it. He doesn't know what, but just the brief introduction, or maybe the quiet understanding that they should be friendly in some way...? He looks at him with thought for a second. ]
Mmm-might be that we have to just wait for it to wear off. Or i-i-it could have some kinda thing we gotta do to fix it. [ He shrugs his shoulders. ] Being amicable seems to be huh-elping a little. I think.
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[ Seeing him relax makes Bill feel a little better. The bluntness of his words is hardly noticed, given how often he speaks in short sentences himself just to make things easier. He gets it better than anyone, clearly, and he nods at the introduction. ]
Bill.
[ Seeing him back up means they'd done something to help it. He doesn't know what, but just the brief introduction, or maybe the quiet understanding that they should be friendly in some way...? He looks at him with thought for a second. ]
Mmm-might be that we have to just wait for it to wear off. Or i-i-it could have some kinda thing we gotta do to fix it. [ He shrugs his shoulders. ] Being amicable seems to be huh-elping a little. I think.
[ A beat. ]
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