[Well, now he looks like a jerk. Nothing new in their acquaintance (nothing new in pretty much any of his acquaintances), but this time he'll admit it is, actually, the case.]
...Went too far with that. Sorry.
[For your struggles in the past. She hadn't even known most of them, and has surely forgotten more by now. But it mattered, then, and matters now.
("You don't just stop being friends with someone.")
Too storybook, huh? That's one way to put it all. He glances around the garden, back over his shoulder at the twinkling lights of the ballroom.]
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...Went too far with that. Sorry.
[For your struggles in the past. She hadn't even known most of them, and has surely forgotten more by now. But it mattered, then, and matters now.
("You don't just stop being friends with someone.")
Too storybook, huh? That's one way to put it all. He glances around the garden, back over his shoulder at the twinkling lights of the ballroom.]
Heck of a place to talk about storybooks.
[The good ol' change in topic as peace offering.]