She manages to stand her ground as he describes everything he'd found, despite how horrific it all is. Suicide. Sacrifice. The mirrors she never wants to see or think about again.
It's not until he starts gesturing again, his tone a little harsher as he swears, that she flinches. The words he says might be meant to be reassuring. They are, maybe. Mostly. But he's upset - angry in a way he'd never been close to during their first meeting - and it's uncomfortable. Unpredictable and unsettling.
Besides which, what he's saying isn't really as reassuring as all that.
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It's not until he starts gesturing again, his tone a little harsher as he swears, that she flinches. The words he says might be meant to be reassuring. They are, maybe. Mostly. But he's upset - angry in a way he'd never been close to during their first meeting - and it's uncomfortable. Unpredictable and unsettling.
Besides which, what he's saying isn't really as reassuring as all that.
"What do you mean most of us?"