( he'd hardly expected an over-the-top show of gratitude for the return of half her chips, but the heavy scrutiny she suddenly turns on him leaves him at a loss, the relaxed set of his lips immediately pursing into a baffled frown. she stares at him; his only reply is to blink back, brows creased. )
I beg your pardon?
( she's truly flummoxed him with that one. )
Is there a reason I should feel sorry for you?
( perhaps over the deeply personal answers they'd shared with each other only minutes ago. but in truth, he'd never once considered her circumstances to be pitiful. from all his years of careful observance, he's witnessed many people fall into those same circumstances, adrift in the middle of a vast sea without a destination to point towards. some eventually find their way, the wind once again filling their sails, while others manage only to sink to the bottom of that sea. )
no subject
I beg your pardon?
( she's truly flummoxed him with that one. )
Is there a reason I should feel sorry for you?
( perhaps over the deeply personal answers they'd shared with each other only minutes ago. but in truth, he'd never once considered her circumstances to be pitiful. from all his years of careful observance, he's witnessed many people fall into those same circumstances, adrift in the middle of a vast sea without a destination to point towards. some eventually find their way, the wind once again filling their sails, while others manage only to sink to the bottom of that sea. )