His shoulders straighten into angled alignment, not defensive but determined if anything. He's not prepared to take the hypothesis that what happened didn't exist just because it falls into an imaginary place's definition of being all in their heads.
"You're acting differently towards me than you were two weeks ago. That's a change. Look at where we are. How do we know this isn't the trick and all those times, the curses we keep getting thrown together for, how do we know they're not a better reflection of something real? It's not where we are right now... why not in future? Real or not, it mattered. I think it might matter to you even more."
Ignoring a problem is his method, not hers. It's the coward's method. It means there's something she's afraid of. Finally he glances down, before the determination shows itself to be masking something anxious and unsettled.
who are we to tell ourselves that we're misunderstood
His shoulders straighten into angled alignment, not defensive but determined if anything. He's not prepared to take the hypothesis that what happened didn't exist just because it falls into an imaginary place's definition of being all in their heads.
"You're acting differently towards me than you were two weeks ago. That's a change. Look at where we are. How do we know this isn't the trick and all those times, the curses we keep getting thrown together for, how do we know they're not a better reflection of something real? It's not where we are right now... why not in future? Real or not, it mattered. I think it might matter to you even more."
Ignoring a problem is his method, not hers. It's the coward's method. It means there's something she's afraid of. Finally he glances down, before the determination shows itself to be masking something anxious and unsettled.
"Have I... ever worn that ring before?"