I know there's a "but" following that, and you're wise to keep it to yourself. There is no reason for a but.
[As if he doesn't have exquisite amounts of experience with this sort of... man. Someone who picks up the world and takes all of it at once, good or bad.
Perhaps nothing he says will smooth the moment over entirely. Human minds have never been that easy to satisfy. But he can't sit here and listen to his laughs, seeing his smiles, knowing they are forced. That they don't fit what just happened.]
Suffering tragedies, and carrying them, dealing with them, and moving on... yes, I would call it expert. [Or maybe he's trying to say it for himself. Strength for the road into the desert, where he still has yet to know what they'll find.] Here, stay here. I'm making you tea. And if you allow yourself to roil in guilt by the time I return, I will spill it on you.
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[As if he doesn't have exquisite amounts of experience with this sort of... man. Someone who picks up the world and takes all of it at once, good or bad.
Perhaps nothing he says will smooth the moment over entirely. Human minds have never been that easy to satisfy. But he can't sit here and listen to his laughs, seeing his smiles, knowing they are forced. That they don't fit what just happened.]
Suffering tragedies, and carrying them, dealing with them, and moving on... yes, I would call it expert. [Or maybe he's trying to say it for himself. Strength for the road into the desert, where he still has yet to know what they'll find.] Here, stay here. I'm making you tea. And if you allow yourself to roil in guilt by the time I return, I will spill it on you.