He rubs his forehead and sighs again. He's grateful that she presses closer to him instead of pulling away, although in the back of his mind he's counting down the moments before she deliberately slips out of his arms.
Would it be worth the effort to try to explain that some women from his time even use the phrase themselves and might even consider it a legitimate pick-up line? Probably not. Because then he'd have to explain what kind of women he'd been hitting on.
"No. Well, sometimes. It depends on who I'm talkin' to and the woman I'm talkin' about." For example, Clementine probably wouldn't mind.
"Look, does it really matter now? 'Cause I ain't gonna talk about you like that. Not to Voodoo, not to anybody. I didn't mean for all of that to happen, I shouldn't have said what I said in the first place, and I'm sorry. When you left, I felt like shit, 'cause believe me, honey, I would never say anything to hurt you or degrade you or anything like that. At least not on purpose. Definitely not on purpose. I might say something stupid every so now and then, but cut me some slack, I'm a guy, and, like, almost 120 years separates us, so, y'know, the whole thing about what's socially acceptable and what's not might be a problem, and I ain't always gonna get things right, but-- y'know, I try."
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Would it be worth the effort to try to explain that some women from his time even use the phrase themselves and might even consider it a legitimate pick-up line? Probably not. Because then he'd have to explain what kind of women he'd been hitting on.
"No. Well, sometimes. It depends on who I'm talkin' to and the woman I'm talkin' about."
For example, Clementine probably wouldn't mind."Look, does it really matter now? 'Cause I ain't gonna talk about you like that. Not to Voodoo, not to anybody. I didn't mean for all of that to happen, I shouldn't have said what I said in the first place, and I'm sorry. When you left, I felt like shit, 'cause believe me, honey, I would never say anything to hurt you or degrade you or anything like that. At least not on purpose. Definitely not on purpose. I might say something stupid every so now and then, but cut me some slack, I'm a guy, and, like, almost 120 years separates us, so, y'know, the whole thing about what's socially acceptable and what's not might be a problem, and I ain't always gonna get things right, but-- y'know, I try."