[ That brings him up short for a second, because--
Yeah, they're friends. He would definitely admit as much. But-- it's. It's kind of nice hearing it without any hint of guile or some sort of unspoken caveat -- at least, not any he can detect.
Weird, too, which is why he's pausing.
But at length he smiles a little -- small, genuine, hesitant -- and nods again. ]
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Yeah, they're friends. He would definitely admit as much. But-- it's. It's kind of nice hearing it without any hint of guile or some sort of unspoken caveat -- at least, not any he can detect.
Weird, too, which is why he's pausing.
But at length he smiles a little -- small, genuine, hesitant -- and nods again. ]
Yeah. Same here.