He's swallowing his last mouthful and so doesn't turn to look at her until she speaks. It's her voice that catches his attention first.
It burned so fast.
Gaze now pinned on her, his brow furrowed and jaw slackened, he feels like a bit of a jackass.
"No, I-- I didn't-- no. ...Sorry."
Her school being burned down was one of the first things she told him about her past. It's not that he'd forgotten. It just seemed to him that it was one of those things that you blocked out, made every effort to keep at bay, just like many of the calls he's been on, the homes destroyed, the lives lost, the faces of those left with nothing.
That he himself would be a reminder of something like that never crossed his mind.
He comes back to the bed and sits down across from her, leaning forward on his hands.
"I didn't mean to make light of anything, honey, I just-- I didn't know that's what you thought."
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It burned so fast.
Gaze now pinned on her, his brow furrowed and jaw slackened, he feels like a bit of a jackass.
"No, I-- I didn't-- no. ...Sorry."
Her school being burned down was one of the first things she told him about her past. It's not that he'd forgotten. It just seemed to him that it was one of those things that you blocked out, made every effort to keep at bay, just like many of the calls he's been on, the homes destroyed, the lives lost, the faces of those left with nothing.
That he himself would be a reminder of something like that never crossed his mind.
He comes back to the bed and sits down across from her, leaning forward on his hands.
"I didn't mean to make light of anything, honey, I just-- I didn't know that's what you thought."