an awful scattered way of conveying that, definitely, nothing was wrong.
He can't really say he buys it, but it's not like he can guess what on earth she might have been thinking about that's gotten her that rattled. Even if he doesn't exactly trust himself, in his current state or otherwise, to be a comforting presence... it would really be awful of him to just let her off the hook when something has clearly got her worked up.
His grip on the broom eases just a little bit as he forces his shoulders to relax, that faintly spooked look on his face taking a more worried edge.
"Are you sure...? You look..." what's the gentlest way of putting this? "A little stressed out?" Yeah, that works.
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an awful scattered way of conveying that, definitely, nothing was wrong.
He can't really say he buys it, but it's not like he can guess what on earth she might have been thinking about that's gotten her that rattled. Even if he doesn't exactly trust himself, in his current state or otherwise, to be a comforting presence... it would really be awful of him to just let her off the hook when something has clearly got her worked up.
His grip on the broom eases just a little bit as he forces his shoulders to relax, that faintly spooked look on his face taking a more worried edge.
"Are you sure...? You look..." what's the gentlest way of putting this? "A little stressed out?" Yeah, that works.