[ There's humour in that response, mild though it is -- of course, that old chestnut, why didn't it occur to him before. That it actually didn't means that mild dose of sarcasm is directed at himself, rather than her.
He's not going to ask who Neal is. Today. There is an in between, there must be: ignoring the thoughts he is privileged to, in comparison to bulldozing ahead and speaking to them directly.
He sips his wine. ]
It sounds like a luxury to me, in either direction. Forgiving someone like Erik tends to go badly.
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[ There's humour in that response, mild though it is -- of course, that old chestnut, why didn't it occur to him before. That it actually didn't means that mild dose of sarcasm is directed at himself, rather than her.
He's not going to ask who Neal is. Today. There is an in between, there must be: ignoring the thoughts he is privileged to, in comparison to bulldozing ahead and speaking to them directly.
He sips his wine. ]
It sounds like a luxury to me, in either direction. Forgiving someone like Erik tends to go badly.