[It is in fact one of the first times that John has ever been able to speak about things without fear, to another person who is not so directly involved. And even then, when he had shared with Claire, it had been mostly an interrogation on her part. Like a dog with a bone, she had been determined to ferret the information out of him and he had… Let her.
To offer it freely is much more terrifyingly new. But he would rather she hear it from him directly than at another time, from another person (somehow — and isn’t that a further nauseating thought).]
We have been known to each other for some time now. I was not certain if… Such attention would be welcome. In my attempts to investigate, I suppose that I was perhaps a little too obvious in my pursuit. [He glances up to her with the flash of a self-conscious, uncertain smile.] I fear I am still not used to this place. I still forget that there are other places and other times where… It is not so.
[His smile widens at the memory of that night.] He just came out and asked me, very bluntly.
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To offer it freely is much more terrifyingly new. But he would rather she hear it from him directly than at another time, from another person (somehow — and isn’t that a further nauseating thought).]
We have been known to each other for some time now. I was not certain if… Such attention would be welcome. In my attempts to investigate, I suppose that I was perhaps a little too obvious in my pursuit. [He glances up to her with the flash of a self-conscious, uncertain smile.] I fear I am still not used to this place. I still forget that there are other places and other times where… It is not so.
[His smile widens at the memory of that night.] He just came out and asked me, very bluntly.