[Broadly, anyway. Well, no, it's neither so much as wholly accurate, but he's making a conscious effort now to scale back the intensity of his stare, remember what it's like to talk to... people that age. He's absolutely made her uncomfortable, and although that would be fine if everyone here were in fact the potential enemy he's still in the practice of assuming that they are, that... the numbers simply don't bear that out.
(Yet, that is. There's always a yet. He's not so foolish as to dismiss that possibility entirety, much as he might like to. So.)]
You spoke from a place of concern, not malice. There's nothing wrong with that, Tomoe-san. At the least, I don't intend to chastise you for it.
[And... right, he supposes he ought to also address...]
You caught me off guard. That said, I am your senior, Tomoe-san, so if anyone ought to be offering such assistance, it should be me regardless of what help I've given you in the past. Only should you find yourself in the position of needing it, of course.
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[Broadly, anyway. Well, no, it's neither so much as wholly accurate, but he's making a conscious effort now to scale back the intensity of his stare, remember what it's like to talk to... people that age. He's absolutely made her uncomfortable, and although that would be fine if everyone here were in fact the potential enemy he's still in the practice of assuming that they are, that... the numbers simply don't bear that out.
(Yet, that is. There's always a yet. He's not so foolish as to dismiss that possibility entirety, much as he might like to. So.)]
You spoke from a place of concern, not malice. There's nothing wrong with that, Tomoe-san. At the least, I don't intend to chastise you for it.
[And... right, he supposes he ought to also address...]
You caught me off guard. That said, I am your senior, Tomoe-san, so if anyone ought to be offering such assistance, it should be me regardless of what help I've given you in the past. Only should you find yourself in the position of needing it, of course.