['It won't happen again'. He doesn't like how that itches at him, but what is he going to say to that? 'Hit me as many times as you like'? He doesn't want that. Still, it doesn't sit well, in ways both bone deep and inexplicable.]
...Be honest, Helena. Would you have let me leave it at just that? Besides, the lie wasn't just for you...
[It's not even accusatory, so much as just... this is who she is, she searches for the truth. It's the way someone might mention a friend's height or propensity for a particular kind of snack.]
Ah it... was cruel, yeah.
[Maybe he should have just run away, it's not like she has a gun... actually wait hang on a second.]
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T-that's okay.
['It won't happen again'. He doesn't like how that itches at him, but what is he going to say to that? 'Hit me as many times as you like'? He doesn't want that. Still, it doesn't sit well, in ways both bone deep and inexplicable.]
...Be honest, Helena. Would you have let me leave it at just that? Besides, the lie wasn't just for you...
[It's not even accusatory, so much as just... this is who she is, she searches for the truth. It's the way someone might mention a friend's height or propensity for a particular kind of snack.]
Ah it... was cruel, yeah.
[Maybe he should have just run away, it's not like she has a gun... actually wait hang on a second.]